The Discovery of Tourism

Book details for The Discovery of Tourism

Series: Tourism Social Science Series No. 13

Contributor(s): Stephen L.J. Smith (editor), Stephen L.J. Smith (series editor),

Format: Hardback, 229 x 152 x 25mm , 280 pp, Illustrations, 1 map

Publication date: 12 May 2010

Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

ISBN: 9781849507400

Price: £72.95

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Synopsis

The book will follow the precedent set by Dennison Nash's "Tourism Social Science Series" anthology, "The Study of Tourism". "The Discovery of Tourism", will present the personal histories of some of the world's leading tourism geographers, many of whom pioneered the field. The stories will reveal the diverse personalities, passions, and peculiarities behind the authors' choice of tourism as a specialization. Such experiences are worth reporting as a celebration of the global community of geographic scholars - current and future - working in tourism. Being able to read the histories of senior scholars may help younger scholars as well as students, whether in geography or other social sciences, appreciate the challenges and rewards of a life devoted to the study of tourism. This dispersal of geographers among different academic departments will be one of the topics addressed by some of the contributing authors and it reflects the broad intellectual curiosity, capacity, and contributions of tourism geographers. Further, it means that these personal histories will be of interest to scholars outside the field of tourism geography.