Service Industries

This book is an attempt to bridge the academic discipline of economic geography with the professional field of economic development.  Through case ...

The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortua...

Built into a huge cliff in central France, the town of Rocamadour is a visual marvel and a place of contradictions. Pilgrims come to venerate its a...

Fashion education is changing. Not only is it preparing students for induction into the ethos and business practices of a wide variety of design, m...

The fizzy, marvellously entertaining (Los Angeles Times) story of the world's favourite beverageFor God, Country and Coca-Colais the definitive his...

This book is a complete guide to learning the critical selling and negotiation skills to gain a competitive edge in a challenging business environm...

This book is a complete guide to learning the critical selling and negotiation skills to gain a competitive edge in a challenging business environm...

This book envisions the future of tourism in an economy that is largely automated. Robonomics is the term given to this economic system that relies...

This book envisions the future of tourism in an economy that is largely automated. Robonomics is the term given to this economic system that relies...

This timely and interdisciplinary book is the first to examine mountain tourism and local communities with a pro-poor lens. By drawing on human geo...

The book uses a multi-disciplinary approach to address lessons learned and challenges encountered over the years in different ecological, economic,...

This book combines research on technology-driven and social-driven innovation in tourism destinations and the multifaceted concept of sustainabilit...

The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige....

The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige....

The Creole praline arrived in New Orleans with the migration of formerly enslaved people fleeing Louisiana plantations after the Civil War. Black w...