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Beschreibung
A fully revised edition of a seminal text from a world class authority in tourism. Each chapter has been significantly updated to include fresh data, examples and critical theory and three entirely new chapters have been added. A modern classic.
A fully revised edition of a seminal text from a world class authority in tourism. Each chapter has been significantly updated to include fresh data, examples and critical theory and three entirely new chapters have been added. A modern classic.
Über den Autor
John Urry is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) at Lancaster University, and one of the founding editors of the Routledge journal Mobilities. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Founding Academician for the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and was Chair of the Sociology RAE Panel for five years between 1996 and 2001. He has published over 40 books and special issues of journals, including Sociology beyond Societies (2000), The Tourist Gaze (2002), Global Complexity (2003), Performing Tourist Places (2004), Mobilities, Networks, Geographies (2006), Mobilities (2007), Aeromobilities (2009), and After the Car (2009). He is currently writing Mobile Lives, co-editing a journal special issue on Global Heating and co-editing a book on Mobile Methods.

For over 25 years now he has been an active and renowned researcher, and he is a stellar name in the field of sociology.

Jonas Larsen is a lecturer in space, place, mobility and urban studies in the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change at Roskilde University, Denmark. His research interests include cultural and social geography, mobility, travel and tourism. He has published three books: Tourism, Performance and the Everyday: Consuming the Orient (2009), Mobilities, Networks, Geographies (2006), and Performing Tourist Places (2004).

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to 3.0
Theories
Mass Tourism
Economies
Working under the Gaze
Changing Tourist Cultures
Places, Buildings and Design
Vision and Photography
Performances
Risks and Futures
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781849203777
ISBN-10: 1849203776
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Urry, John
Larsen, Jonas
Redaktion: Urry, John
Hersteller: SAGE Publishing Ltd
Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: John Urry (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.08.2011
Gewicht: 0,456 kg
Artikel-ID: 106962478

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