Industry

The construction trades once provided unionized craftsmen a route to the middle class and a sense of pride and dignity often denied other blue-coll...

Global Cultural Economy critically interrogates the role cultural and creative industries play in societies. By locating these industries in their ...

Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous than cars that pilot themselves. I...

Since the earliest days of colonial America, the relationship between cotton and the African-American experience has been central to the history of...

This Hornbook, continuing the tradition of the Hemingway Hornbook with distinguished scholars, is the most comprehensive one-volume work on oil and...

From Bombay to Bollywood analyzes the transformation of the national film industry in Bombay into a transnational and multi-media cultural enterpri...

The Front Office department of a hotel is responsible for developing and maintaining the guest database, coordinating guest services, and ensuring ...

Tourism is the act of traveling to different places for pleasure, leisure, or business purposes. This textbook explores the concept of sustainable ...

Room service is a hotel amenity for ordering food and drink to guest rooms. This book is a comprehensive text for managing and improving the qualit...

The importance of cloud computing in driving digitalization and facilitating business growth has increased with the growing significance of digital...

Travel and tourism is a dynamic industry that allows people to explore new places, cultures, and experiences. This book provides an overview of the...

This book covers all aspects of managing a successful housekeeping department. The book includes essential information on organizing, staffing, tra...

F&B department maintains food quality & service, manages restaurants/bars, and oversees food costing for high quality. Covering all aspects...

Exploring how we make, distribute, and consume todays media systems Media backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--sign...

Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and ...

The members of the Domestic Workers United (DWU) organizationimmigrant women of color employed as nannies, caregivers, and housekeepers in New York...

Questioning the boundaries between politics and economics   Jean-Louis Lavilles large body of work has focused on an intellectual history of the c...

Media Management: A Casebook Approach provides a detailed consideration of the managers role in todays media organizations, highlighting critical s...

A comparison of major shifts in volume of freight traffic in the Soviet Union and in the United States. Originally published in 1962. The Princet...