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Coach fellas : heritage and tourism in Ireland /
The Coach Fellas are known to almost all tourists who traverse the Irish countryside. Ostensibly bus drivers, they are the crucial component in the branding of "people, place, and pace" upon which Irish heritage tourism depends. Kelli Costa's ethnography of these highly-trained and in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, CA :
Left Coast Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Heritage, tourism, and community.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Coach Fellas are known to almost all tourists who traverse the Irish countryside. Ostensibly bus drivers, they are the crucial component in the branding of "people, place, and pace" upon which Irish heritage tourism depends. Kelli Costa's ethnography of these highly-trained and informed working class men highlights a previously ignored component of the tourism industry. She also demonstrates their importance in providing a visitor-specific vision of heritage that contrasts with the realities of contemporary economic development |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781598747980 1598747983 1315432242 9781315432243 9781315432250 1315432250 9781315432236 1315432234 |