Deviance and Risk on Holiday
Deviance and Risk on Holiday

Author: D. Briggs

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781349437856

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This book represents the first attempt to step inside the holiday experience of young British tourists in San Antonio, Ibiza. Briggs' ethnographic study reveals the ugly truth about how and why they get involved in deviance and risk-taking when they go abroad, driven by self validation and a commodified social context.

Treasures of the British Library
Treasures of the British Library

Author: Nicolas Barker

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780712304092

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In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.

OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2020
OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2020

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-03-04

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 9264626883

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The 2020 edition analyses tourism performance and policy trends across 51 OECD countries and partner economies. It highlights the need for coherent and comprehensive approaches to tourism policy making, and the significance of the tourism economy, with data covering domestic, inbound and outbound tourism, enterprises and employment, and internal tourism consumption.