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  • The Lost City of Solomon and Sheba

    An African Mystery

    In the heart of south-central Africa there are remains of monuments, ruined cities, temples, forts, irrigation terraces reminiscent of the classic civilizations of the Egyptians and Phoenicians. Yet despite having first been investigated by the Royal Geographical Society a century ago the Zimbabwe (stone courts) culture remains all but unknown to the world at large. This book reveals how the truth ... Leer más

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  • 50 Dark Destinations

    Crime and Contemporary Tourism

    From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, ... Leer más

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  • White Riot

    The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver

    de Henry Tsang ...
    Essays and photographs that document the anti-Asian riots of 1907 in the context of contemporary anti-Asian sentiment.White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver exploresthe conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League and the ensuing mob attack on the city’s Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian ... Leer más

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  • A Splendid Exchange

    How Trade Shaped the World

    A Financial Times and Economist Best Book of the Year exploring world trade from Mesopotamia in 3,000 BC to modern globalization.How did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world?In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein, bestselling author of The Birth of Plenty, traces the story of global commerce from its prehistoric ... Leer más

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  • Landscapes

    Ways of Imagining the World

    Series series Insights Into Human Geography
    Landscapes is a timely and well-written analysis of the meaning of cultural landscapes. The book delves into the layers of meaning that are invested in ordinary landscapes as well as landscapes of spectacle and power. Landscapes is a powerful and vivid application of the new cultural geography to case studies not previously visited within cultural geography texts. ... Leer más

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  • The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics

    Redefining Ethics for the Twenty-First Century Museum

    Edición de Janet Marstine ...
    Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics is a theoretically informed reconceptualization of museum ethics discourse as a dynamic social practice central to the project of creating change in the museum. Through twenty-seven chapters by an international and interdisciplinary group of academics and practitioners it explores contemporary museum ethics as an opportunity for growth, rather than a burden of ... Leer más

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  • What is Urban History?

    de Shane Ewen ...
    Series series What is History?
    Urban history is a well-established and flourishing field of historical research. Written by a leading scholar, this short introduction demonstrates how urban history draws upon a wide variety of methodologies and sources, and has been integral to the rise of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to history since the second half of the twentieth century. Shane Ewen offers an accessible and ... Leer más

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  • The Darker Side of Travel

    The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism

    Series Libro 41 - Aspects of Tourism
    Over the last decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and media attention. Nevertheless, perspectives on and understanding of dark tourism remain varied and theoretically fragile whilst, to date, no single book has attempted to draw together the conceptual themes and debates surrounding dark tourism, to explore it within wider disciplinary contexts and to ... Leer más

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  • Out In The Midday Sun

    Elspeth Huxley captivated readers throughout the world with her 'memories of an African childhood' in THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA and THE MOTTLED LIZARD. In this final volume of her trilogy she tells the story of her adult life in Africa, in which the vigorously evoked personalities - from the pioneer Lord Delamere and Baroness Blixen to Jomo Kenyatta - blend with her supurb description of the social ... Leer más

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  • The New Blackwell Companion to The City

    Edición de Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
    This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives.The most interdisciplinary collection of its kindProvides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds on well established debates in the fieldUses the city to explore economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues more broadlyIncludes ... Leer más

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  • Heritage Tourism

    de Hyung Yu Park ...
    Heritage tourism has become an increasingly significant component of the global tourism industry, particularly in countries striving to diversify away from sea, sand and sun. This growth has had profound influences on the presentation and representation of both tangible and intangible heritage within tourism context. The concept of heritage continues to evolve with its fast-changing political, ... Leer más

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  • The Fortunes of Africa

    A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor

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