Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority (China Program Books) [Paperback]

Pál Nyíri (Author)

Book Description

Series: China Program Books | Publication Date: May 15, 2011

"This book is a welcome and timely analysis of the shape tourism has taken on in China . . . the book comprehensively illuminates the state's various roles on a local level, and the provided comparison with tourism in different nation-states is a useful contribution to comparative studies of the development of nation-states". - China Quarterly

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A timely analysis of the significant increase in domestic tourism in China over the past decade and the role this plays in an ongoing state project of nation building and modernization. An excellent introduction to an exciting field of study, organized and written in a way that makes the information accessible to nonspecialists and appropriate to undergraduate courses in contemporary China as well as to tourism studies." American Anthropologist "A useful insight into the complexities of the sociopolitical quagmire that is global tourism and a useful addition to the canon on tourists and tourism. Anthropologists cannot ignore tourism, and those not familiar with this particular intellectual terrain will find this book a useful introduction." American Ethnologist "Scenic Spots offers an elegant combination of theory and data on an increasingly important topic. It makes useful comparisons (like to Russia) that probably no one else in the field could do, and it is presented in a way that makes it plausible for undergraduate use." Robert P. Weller, Boston University "Scenic Spots will be of great interest in tourism studies, the China field more generally, and to non-China specialists with interests in cross-cultural perspectives on tourism, the cultural economy, and even landscape studies. It will be central to a nexus of topics currently being taught." Tim Oakes, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: University of Washington Press (May 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0295987618
• ISBN-13: 978-0295987613
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,279,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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