The discovery of tourism [electronic resource] / Stephen L.J. Smith.

ISBN:

9781849507417

9781849507400

Title:

The discovery of tourism [electronic resource] / Stephen L.J. Smith.

Author:

Smith, Stephen L. J., 1946-

Publication Information:

Bingley : Emerald, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 258 pages) : illustrations, 1 map.

Series:

Tourism social science series ; v. 13

Contents:

The story of a postcard / Jean-Michel Dewailly -- Finding my place: journeys of a tourism geographer / Alison M. Gill -- Why what is where: confessions of a tourism geographer / Richard Butler -- The life and opinions of C. Michael Hall, gent: a shandy or full beer? Volume the first / C. Michael Hall -- Tourism studies: my journey of discovery / Jigang Bao -- A long and winding road: developing tourism geographies / Gareth Shaw -- An accidental tourism researcher? People, places, and turning points / Allan M. Williams -- Geography of tourism: a tryst with destiny / Tej Vir Singh -- A life's journey from Belfast to Barcelona / Gerda K. Priestley -- From the geography of tourism to tourism management / Douglas G. Pearce -- With a little help from my friends / Geoffrey Wall -- The way to and from Shanghai: a Chinese tourism geographer's story / Bihu Wu -- A geographer roaming loose in the academy / Carlton S. Van Doren -- Tourism as an agent of change: a positivist geographer's approach / Peter E. Murphy -- Milestones, scenic views, and tourist traps along my academic path / Myriam Jansen-Verbeke.

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Subject Term:

Tourism -- Study and teaching.

Geographers.

Added Author:

Smith, Stephen L. J., 1946-

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Bingley : Emerald, 2010.

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Summary

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.