Discovery of Tourism

by Stephen L.J. Smith

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849507400
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	05/12/2010
Series:	Tourism Social Science Series , #13
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors IX

Introduction XI

1 The Story of a Postcard Jean-Michel Dewailly 1

2 Finding my Place: Journeys of a Tourism Geographer Alison M. Gill 17

3 Why What is Where: Confessions of a Tourism Geographer Richard Butler 33

4 The Life and Opinions of C. Michael Hall, Gent: A Shandy or Full Beer? Volume the First C. Michael Hall 51

5 Tourism Studies: My Journey of Discovery Jigang Bao 69

6 A Long and Winding Road: Developing Tourism Geographies Gareth Shaw 79

7 An Accidental Tourism Researcher? People, Places, and Turning points Allan M.Williams 93

8 Geography of Tourism: A Tryst with Destiny Tej Vir Singh 107

9 A Life's Journey from Belfast to Barcelona Gerda K. Priestley 123

10 From the Geography of Tourism to Tourism Management Douglas G. Pearce 139

11 With a Little Help from My Friends Geoffrey Wall 153

12 The Way to and from Shanghai: A Chinese Tourism Geographer's Story Bihu Wu 163

13 A Geographer Roaming Loose in the Academy Carlton S. Van Doren 179

14 Tourism as an Agent of Change: A Positivist Geographer's Approach Peter E. Murphy 189

15 Milestones, Scenic Views, and Tourist Traps along my Academic Path Myriam Jansen-Verbeke 209

Epilogue 225

References 231

Author Index 251

Subject Index 255