Channel View Publications New Books 2010

New Books 2010

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HUMAN RESOURCES AND TOURISMSkills, Culture and Industry

Darren Lee-Ross(James Cook University) &Josephine Pryce (James Cook University)

This book is a very valuableaddition to the range of textswhich address the vital areaof HRM for the internationaltourism industry and will bewelcomed by students,teachers and practitioners.This is a meticulouslyresearched text, whichfocuses on contemporaryissues as they impact uponwork in the sector. The textprovides a real sense of the

industry's international reach, with examples and varied casesdrawn from all corners of the globe. The authors present theirmaterial in a reader-friendly style and make excellent use of arange of in-text techniques that will stimulate further researchand debate.TOM BAUM, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

This book combines theoretical and practical aspects of appliedhuman resources management using a critical lens. It is both adescriptive and analytical journey through the tourism sectorwhich, due to its nature, may be described as a relativelyderegulated and eclectic industry. In such a context, humanresource practice as presented in this book reflects these extremes.

Aspects of Tourism Texts May 2010 304pp

Hbk 9781845411404 £69.95 US$129.95 CAN$129.95 €84.95Pbk 9781845411398 £24.95 US$44.95 CAN$44.95 €29.95

TOURISM ECONOMICS AND POLICYLarry A Dwyer (University of New South Wales), Peter Forsyth (MonashUniversity) & Wayne Dwyer (University of Western Sydney)

Tourism Economics and Policy combines a comprehensive treatmentof economic concepts and applications in tourism contexts. Topicsinclude tourism demand and forecasting, tourism supply andpricing, measuring the impacts and benefits of changes in tourismdemand, tourism investment and infrastructure, tourism taxation,aviation, tourism and the environment (including climate change)and destination competitiveness. The text provides an excellentbasis for students to appreciate the relevance of economic analysisto the solution of real life tourism issues and as an input intotourism policy formulation.

Aspects of Tourism Texts October 2010 c 776pp

Hbk 9781845411527 c• £129.95 US$199.95 CAN$199.95 €149.95Pbk 9781845411510 c• £39.95 US$69.95 CAN$69.95 €49.95

POLAR TOURISMAn Environmental PerspectiveBernard Stonehouse (Scott Polar Research Institute) &John Snyder (Strategic Studies, Inc)

Readers of this book embark on a stimulating journey into theworld of polar tourism. With a focus on management aspects andenvironmental implications, the intricacies of polar tourism arediscussed in an educated and thoughtful manner. This book is avaluable resource for students, academics and policy makers alike.DANIELA LIGGETT, GATEWAY ANTARCTICA, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

This book draws attention to the problems and issues surroundingfast-growing tourism in the highly sensitive wilderness areas of polarregions. The authors, both widely experienced in the practicalities ofmarine, land and heritage based polar tourism, discuss mainly polarissues, but their conclusions and management techniques applyequally to all environmentally sensitive areas throughout the world.

Aspects of Tourism June 2010 c 224pp


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COFFEE CULTURE, DESTINATIONSAND TOURISM

Edited by Lee Jolliffe (University of New Brunswick)

An intriguing perspective on the social andcultural dimensions of an experience we all takefor granted. Through a series of internationalcase studies the authors have illustrated a seriesof linkages between tourism and the world ofcoffee - including the relationships of coffee tohospitality, cafe environments as social places,coffee production and tourism destination

development and coffee tourism as an agent of cultural change. ALISTER MATHESON, HUMBER COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ADVANCED

LEARNING, CANADA

Aspects of global coffee culture are explored as they relate to thesettings where the beverage is produced, prepared and consumedas part of coffee related tourism. Of particular note on the onehand is the potential of such tourism for developing tourismdestinations, products and experiences; while on the other handimproving the livelihoods of coffee producers.

Tourism and Cultural Change April 2010 248pp



THE TOURISM AND LEISUREEXPERIENCEConsumer and Managerial PerspectivesEdited by Michael Morgan (Bournemouth University), Peter Lugosi(Bournemouth University) & J.R. Brent Ritchie (University of Calgary)

People do not buy products or even services; they purchase the totalexperience that the product or service provides. This book bringstogether established and emerging international scholars to providesystematic reviews and illustrative cases drawn from tourism, leisure,hospitality, sport and event contexts. The book provides a usefulframework for focusing the goals and associated methodologies offuture research efforts and for implementing the results of these efforts.

Aspects of Tourism September 2010 c 256pp



CONSTRUCTING CULTURALTOURISM John Ruskin and the Tourist GazeKeith Hanley (Lancaster University) &John K. Walton (Leeds Metropolitan University)

Focusing on the formative influence of the works of John Ruskin indefining and developing cultural tourism, this book describes andassesses their effects on the ‘tourist gaze’ (‘where to go and whatto see’, and how to see it) as directed at landscape, scenery,architecture and townscape, from the early Victorian periodonwards.

Tourism and Cultural Change September 2010 c 224pp



OFFICIAL TOURISM WEBSITESA Discourse Analysis PerspectiveRichard W. Hallett (Northeastern Illinois University) &Judith Kaplan-Weinger (Northeastern Illinois University)

In this immensely informative and provocativetext Rick Hallett and Judith Kaplan-Weingertake to task the role of the World Wide Web inmediating the construction of identities. Theirs isa timely and thought-provoking book whichmakes a major contribution to the task of makingthe meanings of these sites transparent throughdiscourse analysis. The book is scholarly yethugely readable and well illustrated; it readily communicates theauthors’ command of their subject. PROFESSOR ANNETTE PRITCHARD, UNIVERSITY OF WALES INSTITUTE, CARDIFF

This text explores tourism websites as mediums of identityconstruction and promotion. As interactive modes of communication,tourism websites for nations, cities, and attractions function criticallyin the new capitalism as calls for social action in contributing toeconomic and social rebirth, growth, and preservation.

Tourism and Cultural Change March 2010 152pp



TOURISM IN JAPAN An Ethno-Semiotic AnalysisArthur Asa Berger

This book deals with tourism, popular culture andeveryday life in Japan. It is written in an accessiblestyle and thus will be of interest to touristsconsidering visiting Japan, Japanophiles, socialscientists and humanities scholars with interests inJapan, and students taking courses in tourism,Japanese culture, cultural studies and consumer culture.

Tourism and Cultural Change February 2010 184pp



TOURISTS AND TRAVELLERSWomen's Non-fictional Writing aboutScotland, 1770-1830Betty Hagglund (University of Birmingham)

Comprehensively and lucidly linking gender with the geography,literary conventions, and historical meanings of English tourismin Scotland between 1770 and 1830, Tourists and Travellers is atthe cutting edge of scholarship on women's travel writing.BENJAMIN COLBERT, UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON

Tourists and Travellers explores the ways in which travel andtourism in Scotland changed during the late 18th and early 19thcenturies, focusing on the writings of five women – Sarah Murray,Anne Grant, Dorothy Wordsworth, Sarah Hazlitt and theanonymous author of A Journey to the Highlands of Scotland.


Hbk 9781845411183 £49.95 US$99.95 CAN$99.95 €69.95Also available as a PDF Ebook ISBN 9781845411190

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TOURISM, POWER AND CULTUREAnthropological InsightsEdited by Donald Macleod (University of Glasgow) &James G. Carrier (Oxford Brookes University)

This book is something of a landmark in thetourism literature by strengthening thesometimes tenuous links between tourismand anthropology through a series offascinating cases. It focuses on issues of powerbut also demonstrates the power of fieldworkin getting nuanced responses to the sometimesfractious relationships between hosts andguests. PETER BURNS, DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR TOURISM POLICY STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF

BRIGHTON, UK

Power and culture are inextricably bound up with tourism. Theanthropological case studies in this groundbreaking book explorethis relationship in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa,Australia and South East Asia. Two sections deal with tourism andthe power struggle for resources; and tourism and culture:presentation, promotion and the manipulation of image. Aconcluding chapter investigates the relationship between tourismand power.

Tourism and Cultural Change December 2009 232pp



THE DARKER SIDE OF TRAVELThe Theory and Practice of Dark TourismEdited by Richard Sharpley (University of Central Lancashire) &Philip R. Stone (University of Central Lancashire)

In this perspective-broadening text, Sharpley andStone (and their fellow observers of theprominence of sites of death and disaster) shineinformed light on the rich but undersuspectedconnectivities of tourism. The dark andunquenchable business of thanatourism iscolourfully and critically painted in arrestiveshades of cultural, political, and publicsignificance.KEITH HOLLINSHEAD, PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC

CULTURE,TOURISM STUDIES, THE BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE

The Darker Side of Travel is a contemporary and comprehensiveanalysis of dark tourism. Drawing on existing literature, numerousexamples and introducing new conceptual perspectives, itdevelops a theoretically informed foundation for examining thedemand for and supply of dark tourism experiences. It alsoexplores issues relevant to the development, management andinterpretation of visitor sites and attractions associated with death,disaster and suffering.

Aspects of Tourism August 2009 288pp



BEYOND BACKPACKER TOURISMMobilities and ExperiencesEdited by Kevin Hannam (University of Sunderland) &Anya Diekmann (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

This excellent edited collection by international scholars clearlydemonstrates the ongoing research agenda of backpacking. It offersa critical contribution by engaging with the changing dynamics ofbackpacking and examines a range of complex issues. A delightfulfind in this book is that, not only are the mainstream destinationsdiscussed but lesser known areas (such as: Mongolia, Tanzaniaand Norway) are evident and add to the book's richness.ANGELA BENSON, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON, UK

Building on previous work on backpacking, this book takes theanalysis of backpacker tourism further by engaging both with newtheoretical debates into tourism experiences and mobilities as wellas with new empirical phenomena such as the rise of the‘flashpacker’ and alternative destinations.




RE-INVESTING AUTHENTICITYTourism, Place and EmotionsEdited by Britta Timm Knudsen (Aarhus University) &Anne Marit Waade (Aarhus University)

This book examines contemporaryperformances of authenticity in travel andtourism practices. It re-thinks and re-investsin the notion of authenticity as a surplus ofexperiential meaning and feeling thatderives from what we do at / in places.Drawing on wide ranging perspectives andcases, it demonstrates how the feeling ofauthenticity within places is produced.

Tourism and Cultural Change January 2010 312pp



THE EXPERIENCES OF FILMLOCATION TOURISTSStefan Roesch

This book examines the on-site experiencesof film-induced tourists at various filmlocations, including locations from The Lordof the Rings, Star Wars and The Sound ofMusic. The study attempts to understand theneeds and wants of film location tourists andalso examines how to use films fordestination marketing.

Aspects of Tourism December 2009 272pp



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