This edited collection examines the natural, but sometimes troubled, relationship that exists between heritage and tourism. Chapters included focus on a selection of topics, including literary tour
Bringing together high-profile cultural heritage sites from around the world, this volume shows how the term heritage has been used or understood by different groups of people over time. For some, her
Travel literature has been described by Jonathan Raban as "literature's red-light district". It defies peoples' beliefs, confuses expectations, crosses disciplinary boundaries and is
In 1852 Harriet Martineau sailed into the city of Derry, from where she began her tour of Ireland. Visiting the Companies estates of Londonderry, before moving eastward towards Belfast, then on to Dub
Dark Tourism, as well as other terms such as Thanatourism and Grief Tourism, has been much discussed in the past two decades. This volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the subject from the p
Contributors from the fields of literature, history, archeology and art history give different perspectives on how the land and landscape of Ireland was perceived during the tumultuous nineteenth cent
A dozen essays by scholars of literature from Europe and North America explore European travel writing to cast light on how Europeans constructed themselves, and constructed everyone else in the world
