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Title The sociology of tourism : theoretical and empirical investigations / edited by Yiorgos Apostopoulos, Stella Leivadi and Andrew Yiannakis
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Routledge advances in tourism ; 1
Routledge advances in tourism ; 1
Contents 1. Introduction: Reinventing the Sociology of Tourism / Yiorgos Apostolopoulos -- 2. Representations of International Tourism in the Social Sciences: Sun, Sex, Sights, Savings, and Servility / Malcolm Crick -- 3. The Sociology of Tourism: Approaches, Issues, and Findings / Erik Cohen -- 4. Motivation and Anticipation in Post-Industrial Tourism / Giuli Liebman Parrinello -- 5. A Phenomenology of Tourist Experiences / Erik Cohen -- 6. Tourism, Culture and Social Inequality / John Urry -- 7. Gender and Class Relations in Tourism Employment / Michael Ireland -- 8. Tourism, Dependency and Development: A Mode of Analysis / Stephen Britton -- 9. Close Encounters of the Third World / Cecilia A. Karch and G. H. S. Dann -- 10. The Changing Economics of the Tourist Industry / John Urry -- 11. Tourism and the Family in a Rural Cretan Community / Maria Kousis -- 12. The Philippines: The Politicization of Tourism / Linda K. Richter -- 13. Gender and Economic Interests in Tourism Prostitution: The Nature, Development and Implications of Sex Tourism in South-East Asia / C. Michael Hall -- 14. Interpretations of Tourism as Commodity / G. Llewellyn Watson and Joseph P. Kopachevsky -- 15. Sociology and Tourism / Graham Dann and Erik Cohen -- 16. Mega-Events and Micro-Modernization: On the Sociology of the New Urban Tourism / Maurice Roche
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Tourism -- Social aspects.
Tourism -- Sociological aspects.
Author Apostolopoulos, Yiorgos.
Leivadi, Stella.
Yiannakis, Andrew.
ISBN 0415135087