Book reviews

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WORKING AT PLAY: A HISTORY OF VACATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES by Cindy S. Aron. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 19 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 1999, ISBN: 0-19-505584-5, 324 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by John D. Keiser.

ECOTOURISM: AN INTRODUCTION by David A. Fennell. London: Rout-ledge, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE UK, LSBN: 0-415-20168-3, 1999, xx + 315 pp. (tables, charts, photographs, references, bibliography, index) $75.00 (cloth), $22.99 (paper). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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MANAGING BY VALUES. Blanchard, Ken and Michael O'Connor. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. (450 Sansome Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94111-22330 USA) ISBN: 1-57675-007-8, 1997, 150 pp. (charts, tables, diagrams) $20 US (cloth). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.

GUNG HO!: TURN ON THE PEOPLE IN ANY ORGANIZATION. Blanchard, Ken and Sheldon Bowles. William Morrow (1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 USA), ISBN: 0-699-15428-X, 1998, xvii + 186pp. (tables and diagrams) $20 US (cloth). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

Book Reviews

The Economic Impact of Holiday Villages: A Report for the Rural Development Commission. PA Cambridge Economic Consultants. Salisbury: Rural Development Commission, 1991. Pp. 3–35. ISBN 1-869964-19-5 (paper). Reviewed by Jonathan Murdoch

Beyond the Green Horizon: A Discussion Paper on Principles for Sustainable Tourism. Shirley Eber. UK: WWF, 1992. Pp. vi+54. ISBN 0-947613-0 (pbk): free. Reviewed by Peter Ashcroft     

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. Go, Frank M., Mary L. Monachello, and Tom Baum. John Wiley & Sons (Professional, Reference and Trade Group, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012), ISBN: 0-471-11056-6, 1996, xvii + 330 pp. (tables, charts, diagrams, references, appendix, index) $45 (hardcover). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. Dessler, Gary. Prentice-Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) Seventh edition. ISBN: 0-13-234352-5, 1997 xx + 715 pp. (tables, charts, graphs, photographs, diagrams references, cases, appendix, index) $55 (hardcover). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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INNOVATION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN TOURISM: CREATING SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE (FIRST EDITION). Edited by Bibiana Walder, Klaus Weiermair and Amparo Sanco Perez. Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co., (Genthiner Strasse 30G, 10785 Berlin, Germany), ISBN 13-978-3-503-09079-2, 2006, viii + 170-pp. (tables, figures, references, authors, index) ε(D)34.00 (paper). Reviewed by Linda Roberts

MARKETING TO WOMEN: HOW TO UNDERSTAND, REACH, AND INCREASE YOUR SHARE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARKET SEGMENT (SECOND EDITION). By Marti Barletta. Dearborn Trade Publishing. (30 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2500, Chicago, IL 60606-7481, U.S.A.), ISBN 1-4195-2019-9, 2005, xxi + 316 pp. (tables, charts, photographs, appendix, endnotes) U.S. $23.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Ingrid Y. Lin     

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THE MCGRAW-HILL HANDBOOK OF DISTANCE LEARNING: AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR TRAFNERS AND HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS. By Alan Chute, Melody Thompson, and Burton Hancock, McGraw-Hill (11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA) ISBN 0-0712028-5, 1999, ix + 236 pp. (diagrams, tables, exercises, checklists, glossary, appendix, index) $39.95 (cloth). Reviewed by William N. Chernish.     

Asia pacific tourism association fifth annual conference: “Asia Pacific's role in the new millennium”

HRM in tourism &; hospitality: International perspectives on small to medium‐sized enterprises

HRM in Tourism &; Hospitality: International Perspectives on Small to Medium‐sized Enterprises Edited by Darren Lee‐Ross, Cassell (Wellington House, 125 Strand, London WC2R 0BB) ISBN 0–304–70410–5 (hc), 0–304–70411–3 (pb), 1999

Human Resource Management: International Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism In Norma D'Annunzio‐Green, Gillian A. Maxwell and Sandra Watson eds. The Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (The Tower Building, 11 York Road London SE1 7NX England) ISBN 0–8264–5765–7, April 2002     

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Tourism, The Business of Travel By Roy A. Cook, Laura J. Yale and Joseph J. Marqua Prentice‐Hall, Inc. (Simon & Schuster/A Viacom Company (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458) ISBN 0–13–271032–3, 1999, (xvi+338‐pp. Tables, figures, index).     

Acknowledgments and manuscript status

Robert Christie Mill and Alastair M. Morrison, The Tourism System (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1985), ISBN 0–13–925645–8, 457 pp. $21.95.

Marion Clawson and Carlton Van Doren, eds., Statistics on Outdoor Recreation (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984), ISBN 0–915707–1110X, 368 pp., $15.00, paper.

Yi‐Fu Tuan, Dominance and Affection: The Making of Pets (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1984), ISBN 0–300–03222–6, 193 pp., $19.95.     

Key Success Factors for Tourism Resort Management

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NEW HORIZONS IN TOURISM: STRANGE EXPERIENCES AND STRANGER PRACTICES. By Tej Vir Singh. CABI Publishing (Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8DE UK), ISBN 0-8519-9863-1, 2004, xv + 221-pp. (tables, photographs, bibliography), £49.95 (hardbound). Reviewed By C. Michael Hall

DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANISATIONS. By Steven Pike. Elsevier (The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom), ISBN 0-0804-4306-0, 2004, 231-pp. (bibliography, indices), £59.99 (hardbound). Reviewed By Chris Ryan     

REVIEW OF TEXTBOOKS

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, 2nd Edition. By Mary L. Tanke. Delmar, 2001, Hardcover, 446 pp., ISBN: 0-8273-7321-X. Reviewed by Steve Siegel

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, 1st Edition. By William P. Andrew and Raymond S. Schmidgall. Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association, 1993, Paperback, 472 pp., ISBN: 0-86612-186-2. Reviewed by Steve Siegel     

Reviews

Retirement Communities: An American Original, by Michael E. Hunt, Allan G. Feldt, Robert W. Morans, Leon A. Pastalan, and Kathleen L. Vakalo. New York: Haworth Press. 1984. ISBN 0–86656–267–2. 278 pp. $29.95.

Senior Settlers: Social Integration in Retirement Communities, by Nancy J. Osgood. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1982. ISBN 0–03–059792–7. 296 pp. $29.95.

Life After Work: Retirement, Leisure, Recreation, and the Elderly, ed. Nancy J. Osgood. New York: Praeger Publishers. 1982. ISBN 0–03–060437–0. 372 pp. $32.95.

Work and Retirement, by Stanley Parker. London: George Allen & Unwin. 1982. ISBN 0–04–658238‐X. 203 pp. $9.95 paper, $28.50, cloth.

Adults and Their Leisure: The Need for Lifelong Learning, by John R. Verduin, Jr., and Douglas N. McEwen. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas. 1984. ISBN 0–398–04985–8. 170 pp. $17.50.     

REVIEW OF PERIPHERAL PUBLICATIONS

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INTERNET MARKETING FOR YOUR TOURISM BUSINESS. Susan Sweeney. Gulf Breeze, FL: Maximum Press, 562 pp., ISBN: 1-885068-47-6, 2000, US$39.95 (Paperback). Reviewed by Rob Law

THE GUIDE FOR GUIDES: A TOUR GUIDE MANUAL. Michael Noam. Jerusalem, Israel: Noam, 1999, 127 pp. Reviewed by Donald E. Hawkins     

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CURRENT ISSUES IN CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION FACILITY DEVELOPMENT. By Robert R. Nelson (Editor), The Haworth Hospitality Press (10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA), ISBN 0-7890-2597-3 (hard cover), ISBN 0-7890-2598-1 (soft cover), 2004, 164-pp. Reviewed by John N. Mellon     

TEXTBOOK REVIEW

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TOURISM AND CULTURE AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE, Erve Chambers (Ed.), 1997, Albany: State University of New York Press, viii + 221 pages. Reviewed by Asiye Tasci.     

Review essay: And leisure for all

Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City 1870–1920, by Roy Rosenzweig (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983). 320 pp., $29.95. ISBN 0–521–23916–8.

How Boston Played, by Stephen Hardy (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1982). 272 pp. $19.95 cloth. ISBN 0–930350–27–8.     

PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW

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CRUISING: A GUIDE TO THE CRUISE LINE INDUSTRY. Mancini, Marc. Delmar Thomson Learning, 2000, $41.95, ISBN 0-76680-971-4. Michael A. Freiband Reviewed by Program Head

THE DISTANCE LEARNER'S GUIDE. Connick, George P. (Ed.) Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ 07548 USA), 1999, xvi + 192 pp. (Diagrams, checklists, exercises, website, index), $22.15 (softcover) Reviewed by William N. Chernish

TOURISM: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, PHILOSOPHIES, 8th Edition. Goeldner, Charles R., J. R. Brent Ritchie, and Robert W. Mclntosh. John Wiley and Sons, 1999, Hardcover, $64.95, pp. 752 Reviewed by Zongqing Zhou     

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WELCOMING THE JAPANESE VISITOR: INSIGHTS, TIPS, TACTICS. Kazuo Nishiyama. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0-8248-1759-1, 1996, 205pages, US$22.95, paperback. Reviewed by Connie Mok.     

Book Reviews

Crisis Management in the Tourism Industry Dirk Glaesser. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 978-0-7506-6523-0 (pbk)

Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands. Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-08-044656-1 (hbk)

Environmental Planning in the Caribbean. Ashgate, ISBN 0754643913 (hbk)     

Marketing Asian places: Attracting investment,industry, and tourism to cities,states and nations

Macro Marketing of Places. By Philip Kotler, Michael Alan, Irving Rein and Donald H. Haider John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York ISBN: 0–471–47913–6