The book will follow the precedent set by Dennison Nash‎'‎s ‎"‎Tourism Social Science Series‎"‎ anthology‎,‎ ‎"‎The Study of Tourism‎"‎‎.‎ ‎"‎The Discovery of Tourism‎"‎‎,‎ will present the personal histories of some of the world‎'‎s leading tourism geographers‎,‎ many of whom pioneered the field‎.‎ The stories will reveal the diverse personalities‎,‎ passions‎,‎ and peculiarities behind the authors‎'‎ choice of tourism as a specialization‎.‎ Such experiences are worth reporting as a celebration of the global community of geographic scholars ‎- current and future ‎- working in tourism‎.‎ Being able to read the histories of senior scholars may help younger scholars as well as students‎,‎ whether in geography or other social sciences‎,‎ appreciate the challenges and rewards of a life devoted to the study of tourism‎.‎ This dispersal of geographers among different academic departments will be one of the topics addressed by some of the contributing authors and it reflects the broad intellectual curiosity‎,‎ capacity‎,‎ and contributions of tourism geographers‎.‎ Further‎,‎ it means that these personal histories will be of interest to scholars outside the field of tourism geography‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Smith‎,‎ Stephen L‎.‎J
• Publisher‎:‎ Emerald Book Company
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781849507400