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Heritage Tourism in China : Modernity, Identity and Sustainability / Hongliang Yan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 49Publisher: Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845415938
  • 9781845415945
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.479151
LOC classification:
  • G156.5.H47
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Tourism, Modernity and Identity Building -- 2. China's Tourism and Heritage Tourism Development -- 3. Traditional and Political Philosophies and Heritage Tourism -- 4. Governance, Tourism Development and the Heritage Sites -- 5. Representations of Modernity Through Heritage Tourism -- 6. Tourism, Sustainable Development and the Four Heritage Sites -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Index
Summary: This book offers new approaches and insights into the relationships between heritage tourism and notions of modernity, identity building and sustainable development in China. It demonstrates that the role of the state, politics, institutional arrangements and tradition have a considerable impact on perceptions of these notions. The volume contributes to current debates on tradition and modernity; the study of heritage tourism; the negotiated power between stakeholders in tourism planning and policy-making and the study of China's society. The approach and findings of the book are of value to those interested in the continuities and changes in Chinese society and to graduate students and researchers in tourism, cultural studies and China studies.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Tourism, Modernity and Identity Building -- 2. China's Tourism and Heritage Tourism Development -- 3. Traditional and Political Philosophies and Heritage Tourism -- 4. Governance, Tourism Development and the Heritage Sites -- 5. Representations of Modernity Through Heritage Tourism -- 6. Tourism, Sustainable Development and the Four Heritage Sites -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Index

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This book offers new approaches and insights into the relationships between heritage tourism and notions of modernity, identity building and sustainable development in China. It demonstrates that the role of the state, politics, institutional arrangements and tradition have a considerable impact on perceptions of these notions. The volume contributes to current debates on tradition and modernity; the study of heritage tourism; the negotiated power between stakeholders in tourism planning and policy-making and the study of China's society. The approach and findings of the book are of value to those interested in the continuities and changes in Chinese society and to graduate students and researchers in tourism, cultural studies and China studies.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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