Donald V. L. Macleod

Tourism, Globalisation and Cultural Change

An Island Community Perspective

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In what ways does tourism change the host community? This book offers original insights into the broad and deep influences of tourism, and places them within the historical context of globalisation. Intensive fieldwork spanning many years on a Canary Island has produced a rich portrayal of the community, examining the changes experienced in areas including their working lives, families, identities, local culture, values, attitudes, political structure and economic base. The tourists, predominantly independent, are also examined, and their unique impact analysed. The research emphasises the indigenous experience, and makes cross-cultural compa… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84541-318-7
EAN: 9781845413187
Produktnummer: 20524669
Verlag: Channel View Publications
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'275 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Donald Macleod trained in anthropology at Oxford University and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow where he has run two research centres. He has researched in the Caribbean, the Canary Islands and Scotland, and published widely on tourism impacts, cultural change, globalisation, identity, sustainable tourism development and heritage. His books include Tourism, Globalisation and Cultural Change (2004), Niche Tourism In Question (2003 - editor), Tourists and Tourism (1997 - co-editor).