A Text Book of Tourism and Hospitality Management
A Text Book of Tourism and Hospitality Management

Author: Dr. Seram Sureshkumar Singh

Publisher: Academic Guru Publishing House

Published: 2024-01-04

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 8196918461

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This landmark book delves into the complex web of the hospitality and tourist industry, one of the fastest-growing in the world. This book presents a thorough examination of the fundamentals, tactics, and advancements that establish achievement in the field of hospitality and tourism administration. It is suitable for professionals, students, and enthusiasts. The book commences by establishing a strong groundwork, acquainting readers with fundamental principles of service excellence, strategic administration of tourism enterprises, and hospitality operations. The section then examines the various aspects of the industry in depth, discussing current challenges and opportunities. Every chapter of the book offers a comprehensive comprehension of the factors that are currently and will continue to influence the field, ranging from ethical digital technologies to sustainable tourism practices. This book distinguishes itself through its integration of conceptual frameworks and practical implementations, providing readers with a comprehensive outlook on the field. The content, which is brimming with perspectives from seasoned experts and academics, is intended to cultivate critical thinking skills and ignite a deep appreciation for the intricate nature of hospitality and tourism enterprise management. This book provides invaluable guidance through the captivating realm of Tourism and Hospitality Management, catering to a wide range of readers, including seasoned managers seeking to remain updated on trends, students aspiring to enter the industry, and academics interested in pioneering research.

American West
American West

Author: Karen R. Jones

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2009-03-21

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0748629734

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The American West used to be a story of gunfights, glory, wagon trails, and linear progress. Historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner and Hollywood movies such as Stagecoach (1939) and Shane (1953) cast the trans-Mississippi region as a frontier of epic proportions where 'savagery' met 'civilization' and boys became men.During the late 1980s, this old way of seeing the West came under heavy fire. Scholars such as Patricia Nelson Limerick and Richard White forged a fresh story of the region, a new vision of the West, based around the conquest of peoples and landscapes.This book explores the bipolar world of Turner's Old West and Limerick's New West and reveals the values and ambiguities associated with both historical traditions. Sections on Lewis and Clark, the frontier and the cowboy sit alongside work on Indian genocide and women's trail diaries. Images of the region as seen through the arcade Western, Hollywood film and Disney theme parks confirm the West as a symbolic and contested landscape.Tapping into popular fascination with the Cowboy, Hollywood movies, the Indian Wars, and Custer's Last Stand, the authors show the reader how to deconstruct the imagery and reality surrounding Western history.Key Features*Uses popular subjects (the Cowboy, Hollywood westerns, the Indian Wars, and Custer's Last Stand) to enliven the text*Includes 13 b+w illustrations*Interdisciplinary approach covers film, literature, art and historical artefacts

The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA
The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA

Author: Jeff Wheelwright

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-01-16

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 039308342X

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A brilliant and emotionally resonant exploration of science and family history. A vibrant young Hispano woman, Shonnie Medina, inherits a breast-cancer mutation known as BRCA1.185delAG. It is a genetic variant characteristic of Jews. The Medinas knew they were descended from Native Americans and Spanish Catholics, but they did not know that they had Jewish ancestry as well. The mutation most likely sprang from Sephardic Jews hounded by the Spanish Inquisition. The discovery of the gene leads to a fascinating investigation of cultural history and modern genetics by Dr. Harry Ostrer and other experts on the DNA of Jewish populations. Set in the isolated San Luis Valley of Colorado, this beautiful and harrowing book tells of the Medina family’s five-hundred-year passage from medieval Spain to the American Southwest and of their surprising conversion from Catholicism to the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the 1980s. Rejecting conventional therapies in her struggle against cancer, Shonnie Medina died in 1999. Her life embodies a story that could change the way we think about race and faith.

Maharanis
Maharanis

Author: Lucy Moore

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-06-27

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1101174838

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Until the 1920s, to be a Maharani, wife to the Maharajah, was to be tantalizingly close to the power and glamour of the Raj, but locked away in purdah as near chattel. Even the educated, progressive Maharani of Baroda, Chimnabai—born into the aftermath of the 1857 Indian Mutiny—began her marriage this way, but her ravishing daughter, Indira, had other ideas. She became the Regent of Cooch Behar, one of the wealthiest regions of India while her daughter, Ayesha, was elected to the Indian Parliament. The lives of these influential women embodied the delicate interplay between rulers and ruled, race and culture, subservience and independence, Eastern and Western ideas, and ancient and modern ways of life in the bejeweled exuberance of Indian aristocratic life in the final days both of the Raj, and the British Empire. Tracing these larger than life characters as they bust every known stereotype, Lucy Moore creates a vivid picture of an emerging modern, democratic society in India and the tumultous period of Imperialism from which it arose. Through the sumptuous, adventurous lives of three generations of Indian queens—from the period following the Indian Mutiny of 1857 to the present, Lucy Moore traces the cultural and political changes that transformed their world.

You Have Stept Out of Your Place
You Have Stept Out of Your Place

Author: Susan Hill Lindley

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9780664257996

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Women throughout American history have repeatedly been accused of "stepping out of their places" as many have fought for more rewarding roles in the church and society. In this book, Susan Hill Lindley demonstrates that just as religion in the traditional sense has influenced the lives of American women through its institutions, values, and sanctions, so women themselves have had significant effect on the shape of American religion through the years.

Legends of Our Times
Legends of Our Times

Author: Morgan Baillargeon

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780774806572

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Based on research conducted for the Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibition Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and Plateaus, this volume describes the many aspects of Native cowboy culture, including the spiritual and cultural dimensions, ranching life, and rodeo and associated entertainment. Abundantly illustrated with superb historical and contemporary photographs. Distributed by University of Washington Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Early Writings on India
Early Writings on India

Author: H.K. Kaul

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1351867172

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This book, first published in 1975, is a comprehensive list of all the books on India, written in English before 1900. It is an invaluable reference source on India of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Apart from the work of professional writers, there are the writings of a cross-section of society from soldiers to scientists. We find dictionaries of obscure dialects written by government officials, descriptions of their travels by visiting clerics, homely details of everyday life by housewives, as well as technical and scientific works written by scholars.