Consuming places /
Why do places differ from one another? Why do some places attract visitors and others investors? Why do some places repel? How are places consumed by those visiting? How does consumption affect local people and the environment?
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1995
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| Series: | International library of sociology
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Table of Contents:
- Time and space in the consumption of place
- pt. I. Society and space. Sociology as a parasite: some vices and virtues ; The new Marxism of collective action: a critical analysis ; Society, space and locality
- pt. II. Restructuring and services. Restructuring the rural ; Capitalist production, scientific management and the service class ; Is Britain the first 'post-industrial society'?
- pt. III. Consumption, place and identity. The consumption of tourism ; Tourism, travel and the modern subject ; Reinterpreting local culture ; Tourism, Europe and identity
- pt. IV. Consuming nature. The tourist gaze and the environment ; The making of the Lake District ; Social identity, leisure and the countryside.
