Multiple dwelling and tourism : Negotiating place, home and identity Edited by Norman McIntyre, Daniel R. Williams, and Kevin McHugh

By:

McIntyre, Neil

Contributor(s):

Daniel Williams

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : CABI Pub., c 2006.Description: xvi, 373 p.; 24 cmISBN:

9781845931209

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

22 306.4819 MCL

Contents:

Part I: Introduction / Norman McIntyre -- 1. Place attachment and mobility / Per Gustafson -- 2. Home away from home: the primary/second-home relationship / Harvey C. Perkins and David C. Thorns -- 3. Nomads of desire / Kevin McHugh 4. Home and away: revisiting 'escape' in the context of second homes / Norman McIntyre, Joseph W. Roggenbuck and Daniel R. Williams -- 5. No gingerbread or doodads allowed: recreation residence tracts in the national forests of California / Linda M. Lux and Judy A. Rose - 6. Multiple dwelling: prospect and retrospect / Norman McIntyre, Daniel R. Williams and Kevin McHugh.

Summary: This book focuses on migration or the movement and people and examines multiple dwelling as a societal response to the major influences of increased mobility and amenity tourism (visiting or residing in high-quality landscapes such as mountains, beaches and forests for leisure experiences). It considers the modern-day meaning of multiple dwelling, how it affects personal identity and the meaning of 'home', and its impacts on host communities and landscapes. This book will be of interest to those working in the areas of tourism, leisure, geography, outdoor recreation, sociology and anthropology. The book has 20 chapters, a subject index, and an author index

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	306.4819 MCL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		42996

This book focuses on migration or the movement and people and examines multiple dwelling as a societal response to the major influences of increased mobility and amenity tourism (visiting or residing in high-quality landscapes such as mountains, beaches and forests for leisure experiences). It considers the modern-day meaning of multiple dwelling, how it affects personal identity and the meaning of 'home', and its impacts on host communities and landscapes. This book will be of interest to those working in the areas of tourism, leisure, geography, outdoor recreation, sociology and anthropology. The book has 20 chapters, a subject index, and an author index

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