ISBN:
0203202929
,
0415113105
,
0415113113
,
9780415113106
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vii, 257 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International library of sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Consuming Places
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Consumer behavior
;
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects
;
Tourism Social aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Contains significant essays on the sociology of place. Interrogates nature of time and place, how places are economically and culturally transformed and the ways in which travel has changed nature and the environment
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; TIME AND SPACE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF PLACE; SOCIOLOGY AS A PARASITE: SOME VICES AND VIRTUES; THE NEW MARXISM OF COLLECTIVE ACTION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIETY, SPACE AND LOCALITY; RESTRUCTURING THE RURAL; CAPITALIST PRODUCTION, SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AND THE SERVICE CLASS; IS BRITAIN THE FIRST 'POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY'?; THE CONSUMPTION OF TOURISM; TOURISM, TRAVEL AND THE MODERN SUBJECT; REINTERPRETING LOCAL CULTURE; TOURISM, EUROPE AND IDENTITY; THE TOURIST GAZE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; THE MAKING OF THE LAKE DISTRICT
Description / Table of Contents:
SOCIAL IDENTITY, LEISURE AND THE COUNTRYSIDEBibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-248) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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