Browsing by Subject "Tourism"
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In the name of the tourist : landscape, heritage, and social change in Chinchero
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines social change in the Quechua-speaking town of Chinchero (Peru), located 30 km away from the city of Cuzco. It does so by studying the conditions created by touristic development in the Region. It is ... -
‘Keeping with contemporary times’: social tourism and West German youth hostel organizations, 1950s-1980s
(2016-06-17) - Journal articleThis article examines the organizations that ran youth hostels in West Germany from the 1950s to 1989. It analyses whether they reconfigured their aims and practices against the backdrop of the cultural, social and political ... -
Paranormal tourism in Edinburgh : storytelling, appropriating ghost culture and presenting an uncanny heritage
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - ThesisThe paranormal industry in Edinburgh has become a thriving niche within the country’s tourist market. While ghost walks have been explored in anthropology from the perspective of spectacle, this thesis investigates and ... -
Travel in the Alps : the construction of a transnational space through digital and mental mapping (c. 1750s-1850s)
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - ThesisThe period between the 1750s and 1830s witnessed a major change in travel practices in Europe, moving away from the traditional Grand Tour and focusing more on natural places, their visual power, and their influence on ... -
Treasures of the University : an examination of the identification, presentation and responses to artefacts of significance at the University of St Andrews, from 1410 to the mid-19th century; with an additional consideration of the development of the portrait collection to the early 21st century
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06-24) - ThesisSince its foundation between 1410 and 1414 the University of St Andrews has acquired what can be considered to be ‘artefacts of significance’. This somewhat nebulous phrase is used to denote items that have, for a variety ...