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Archaeology and Tourism : Touring the Past / ed. by Dallen J. Timothy, Lina G. Tahan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 55Publisher: Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845417567
  • 9781845417574
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.68
LOC classification:
  • G156.5.H47 A74 2020
  • G156.5.H47
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Contributors -- 1. Archaeology and Tourism: Consuming, Managing and Protecting the Human Past -- 2. Archaeologists and Tourism: Symbiosis or Contestation? -- 3. Tourism and the Economic Value of Archaeology -- 4. Privatization, Archaeology and Tourism -- 5. Marketing Archaeological Heritage for Tourism -- 6. Archaeological Heritage and Volunteer Tourism -- 7. Archaeology and Religious Tourism: Sacred Sites, Rituals, Sharing the Baraka and Tourism Development -- 8. Archaeological Destruction and Tourism: Sites, Sights, Rituals and Narratives -- 9. Plundering the Past: Tourism and the Illicit Trade in Archaeological Remains -- 10. Protecting the Archaeological Past in the Face of Tourism Demand -- 11. Interpreting the Past: Telling the Archaeological Story to Visitors -- 12. Archaeology, Nationalism and Politics: The Need for Tourism -- 13. Understanding Perspectives on Archaeology and Tourism -- Index
Summary: This book provides a global and thematic examination of the relationships between archaeology and tourism, and a critical analysis of thinking in the area of archaeology-based tourism. It focuses on the differences and similarities between archaeology-based tourism and heritage tourism and highlights the interdependence and dissonance between tourism and archaeology and archaeological traditions. The volume offers a systematic investigation of current issues and implications in the relationship between tourism and archaeology from both tourism and archaeological perspectives. It will be useful for students, researchers and practitioners in tourism, archaeology, cultural heritage management and anthropology.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781845417574

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Contributors -- 1. Archaeology and Tourism: Consuming, Managing and Protecting the Human Past -- 2. Archaeologists and Tourism: Symbiosis or Contestation? -- 3. Tourism and the Economic Value of Archaeology -- 4. Privatization, Archaeology and Tourism -- 5. Marketing Archaeological Heritage for Tourism -- 6. Archaeological Heritage and Volunteer Tourism -- 7. Archaeology and Religious Tourism: Sacred Sites, Rituals, Sharing the Baraka and Tourism Development -- 8. Archaeological Destruction and Tourism: Sites, Sights, Rituals and Narratives -- 9. Plundering the Past: Tourism and the Illicit Trade in Archaeological Remains -- 10. Protecting the Archaeological Past in the Face of Tourism Demand -- 11. Interpreting the Past: Telling the Archaeological Story to Visitors -- 12. Archaeology, Nationalism and Politics: The Need for Tourism -- 13. Understanding Perspectives on Archaeology and Tourism -- Index

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This book provides a global and thematic examination of the relationships between archaeology and tourism, and a critical analysis of thinking in the area of archaeology-based tourism. It focuses on the differences and similarities between archaeology-based tourism and heritage tourism and highlights the interdependence and dissonance between tourism and archaeology and archaeological traditions. The volume offers a systematic investigation of current issues and implications in the relationship between tourism and archaeology from both tourism and archaeological perspectives. It will be useful for students, researchers and practitioners in tourism, archaeology, cultural heritage management and anthropology.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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