Virtual Globalization: Virtual Spaces/Tourist Spaces Contributor(s): Holmes, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415236738 ISBN-13: 9780415236737 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2001 Annotation: This book examines the interrelationship between the telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. They discuss how these agents are instrumental inthe production of homogenous world-spaces, and how these in turn presuppose new kinds of political and cultural identity. This work will be of essential interest to scholars and students in the fields of sociology, geography, cultural studies and media studies. Click for more in this series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
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BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 303.483 |
LCCN: 2001019305 |
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.16" W x 9.62" L (1.22 lbs) 280 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
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Publisher Description: This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. They discuss how these agents are instrumental in the production of homogenous world-spaces, and how these, in turn, presuppose new kinds of political and cultural identity. This work will be of essential interest to scholars and students in the fields of sociology, geography, cultural studies and media studies. |
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