Authors:Tazim Jamal, Professor Mike Robinson,
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: sage, business, library, tourism, handbook, studies
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 2009-07-01
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 1412923972
ISBN-13: 9781412923972

Tourist Studies developed as a sub-branch of older disciplines in the social sciences, such as anthropology, sociology and economics, and newer applied fields of study in hospitality management, civil rights and transport studies. This Handbook is a sign of the maturity of the field. It provides an essential resource for teachers and students to determine the roots, key issues, and agenda of Tourism Studies.

Author: Professor Mike Featherstone Professor Nigel Thrif
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: culture, society, theory, association, published, automobilities
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-07-12
List price: $113.00
ISBN-10: 1412910897
ISBN-13: 9781412910897

Mobility - flows, movement and migration in social life - has emerged as a central area of sociological debate, yet one of its most dominant forms, automobility, has remained largely ignored. Edited by three leading social analysts, Automobilities presents one of the first and most wide-ranging examinations of the car and its promise of autonomy and mobility. Drawing on rich empirical detail, from ethnographies of office work on the motorway to the important of the car in French cultural theory, the contributions demonstrate just how significant have been the economic, technological, social an

Author: Professor Mike FeatherstoneProfessor Scott M Lash
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: culture, theory, amp, society, association, world, city, nation, spaces, published
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1999-05-17
List price: $52.95
ISBN-10: 0761961224
ISBN-13: 9780761961222

Wat is culture? What is the relation between social structure and culture in a globalized and networked world? Do critical perspectives still apply, or does the speed and complexity of cultural production demand new forms of analysis?In Spaces of Culture an international cast of scholars examines the implications of these questions for sociology and social theory. They explore the key themes in social theory: the nation state; the city; modernity; post-Fordism and the spatial logic of the informational city. They go on to analyse the public sphere, questioning the reductive representation of t

Authors:Professor Mike Wallace, Professor Alison Wray,
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: study, skills, series, sage, postgraduates, reading, writing, critical
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-05-09
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 1412902223
ISBN-13: 9781412902229

This guide to critical reading and self-critical writing is a must-have resource for postgraduate students and early-career academics. It is packed with tools for analyzing texts and structuring critical reviews, and incorporating exercises and examples drawn from the social sciences.

Authors:Professor Mike Featherstone, Mike Hepworth, Profes
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: theory, cultural, process, social
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1991-02-01
List price: $61.95
ISBN-10: 0803984138
ISBN-13: 9780803984134

Traditionally the social sciences have worked within dichotomies which have profoundly influenced Western thought: body//soul and naturelture. Whereas anthropology has recognised the importance of human bodies, sociology has tended to treat the individual as a disembodied decision-making agent. Yet contemporary societies exhibit a profound concern over bodily practice. This is expressed not only through pervasive concepts of bodily health, fitness and beauty, but also in relation to sexuality - exemplified in particular by concerns with female sexuality, homosexuality and AIDS.This challenging

Authors:Mike Litchfield, Roger Robinson,
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: house, problems, common, finding, check, fixing
Number of Pages: 34
Published: 2003-03
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1561585890
ISBN-13: 9781561585892

Anyone who owns a home is faced with decisions about how to deal with problems. Lack of understanding about whether a problem is serious or even who to call to solve it often results in costly or ineffective repairs. The first step toward remedying any house problem is identifying the cause and implications of the symptom. This easy-to-use spiral-bound book is organized by major sections and systems in the house: roofs, attics, interiors, exteriors, plumbing, electrical, kitchens, baths, basements. Based on actual cases observed by the author, the book lists over 600 symptoms, with causes and

Authors:Mike Robinson, Ellen Finkelstein,
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, struts, jakarta
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0764559575
ISBN-13: 9780764559570

* Shows Java Web developers how to develop Java-based Web applications using the popular open source Jakarta Struts framework * Sun Microsystems estimates that there are three million Java developers * According to the Apache Software Foundation, Struts is rapidly growing in popularity among the Java community and is used by a number of high-profile companies, including Ford, McDonald’s, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Federal Express * Provides a quick "jump-start" application to get novices up and running in a hurry * Examines the Model-View-Controller design paradigm, exception handli