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Traditional societies and technological change
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Two Touristically Advanced Countries (B. Vukonic); The Development and Planning of Tourism to Israel (R. BarOn); The Role of Attractivity Inventories in Tourism Planning (T. Var); Study of Tourism Within the Context of the Social Sciences (J. Jafari); Quality of Life and Tourist Policy (J. Patellia); Socio-Cultural Aspects of Tourism (J. Vroom); Toward a Socio-economic Framework of Tourism Planning (S. Wahab). There are also more than 20 papers in French and German (Table and Charts). • (TSM) Tourism Research Priorities in Hawaii and the Pacific. By John M. Knox and Charles Suggs. Tourism Research Project: Occasional Paper No. 4 (Tourism Research Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Porteus Hall 704, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA). January 1979, two volumes: 67 pp. and 30 pp., $2.00 each. The purpose of this project is to identify the informational needs ~nd research priorities of decision makers and opinion leaders regarding tourism impacts in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific. The second volume is a technical comparison to the first one (Survey Results). It gives detailed information on methodology used in surveys (Tables, Bibliography). • (TSM) Tourist Enterprise Concentration and Old Older Amish Survival: Explorations in Productive Co-existence. By R. Buck and T. AUeman. Journal of Travel Research (University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA), 1979, XVIII(2): 15-20. The purpose of this article is to examine selected structural characteristics of mature tourist enterprise in the context of the indigenous culture and social organization of the Old Order Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (bibliography). • (SSC) TowardInternationalism: Readings in Cross-Cultural Communication. Elise Smith and Louise Fiber Luce, eds. Newbury House Publishers (54 Warehouse Lane, Rowley, Massachusetts 01969, USA), ISBN 0-88377-123-3, 1978, xiv+226 pp., $8.95. This publication brings together fourteen articles on cross-cultural communication. The materials are selected with the view to help the nonspecialist reader gain an understanding of culturally conditioned behavior as it relates to intercultural relations between people of different nations. Specifically, the articles illustrate the influence which a society's value orientations, role expectation, perception, nonverbal patterns, and language behavior bring to bear on the international cross-cultural encounter (Tables, Charts, References). • (MSC) The TraditionalPottery of Guatemala. By Ruben Reina and Robert Hill. The University of Texas Press (P.O. Box 7819, Austin, Texas 78721, USA), ISBN 0-292 78024-9, 1978, 299 pp. $30.00 (cloth). This work is an introductory survey of contemporary Maya pottery economy within the political boundaries of Guatemala. This study is carried out in the overall tradition of anthropology and within the framework of culture theory and is intended to throw light on questions regarding the social, psychological, and cultural conditions which have made possible the persistence of this activity. On several occasions, the study discusses the impact of tourism on pottery styles (charts, maps, photographs). • (SSC) Traditional Societies and Technological Change, By George M. Foster. Harper & Row, Publishers (10 East 53rd Street, New York City 10022, USA), SBN 06-042129-0, 1973 (second edition), 286 pp. $7.95 (paper). This book deals with the cultural, social, and psychological sides of technical assistance and technological development, particularly as it occurs in traditional rural communities that have been the targets of developmental programs such as those of 488
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the specialized agencies of the United Nations, the United States bilateral aid programs sponsored by private organizations like the Rockefeller and Ford founations. It attempts to place the phenomenon of planned technological change in the broader perspective of the underlying process of culture change, which occurs at all times in all parts of the world (bibliography, index). [This book may be read as a background work when studying the role of tourism in traditional societes/countries, where tourism has been fast growing during the recent years.] • Travel and Tourism Advertising Expenditures in United States Measured Media. Harris, Kerr, Forster & Company (420 Lexington Ave. New York City 10017, USA), 1978, 32 pp. $10.00 This report for the year 1977 is the fourteenth annual review. The data reported are provided by the accepted media-measurement sources (tables). • (TSM) U.S. TravelExpenditureAbroad. International Tourism Quarterly (Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, London SWlA INT, United Kingdom), 1978 (4):15-23. This article reports on the magnitude of foreign travel in USA. Topics covered include visitor days; the length of visit; charter flights; the purchase power of the dollar; the real value of US travel expenditure; and US foreign travel deficit (tables). • (TSM) U.S. Virgin Islanders' Perceptions of Tourism. By Rustum Sethna and Bert Richmond. Journal of Travel Research (University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA). Summer 1978(1):30-31. This article describes a survey conducted in the Virgin Islands to gain a better understanding of the local residents' perceptions and feelings towards tourists and tourism. • (TSM) Washington, D.C., Travel~Tourism Information Sources. By Anita Leifer and Donald Hawkins. Journal of Travel Research (University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA), 1979(1):9-13. This article presents a guide to travel and tourism information sources in Washington, D.C. Libraries are listed by agency and data are provided on location, phone number, types of information available, and circulation. • (TSM) Travel Tourism and Outdoor Recreation: A Statistical Digest, 1976 and 1977. Statistics Canada (Ottawa, K1A 0T6, Canada), April 1979, 253 pp., $3.50. This annual statistical digest (fifth edition) is designed to incorporate under one cover a comprehensive summary of data on travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation of residents and of visitors to Canada. The sectional divisions of this publication are Recreation Participation; Parks, Camping, Hunting and Fishing; Travel to Work; Domestic Travel by Residents of Canada; Travel between Canada and USA; Travel between Canada and Overseas Countries; Balance of Payments and International Travel; Employment; and Selected Influences on Travel and Recreation. This report is printed in English and French in one cover (Tables, Charts, Appendixes). • (TSM) Vocabulaire du Tourisme. By Charles Dupont. Centre D'Etudes du Tourisme (C.P. 8000, succursale A, (Montreal, Quebec H3C 3L4, Canada), 1979, 149 pp., $10.00. This publication may be considered as the first English-French/French-English glossary of terms used in the tourism industry. There are 552 entries (words and terms) in this glossary. It also has listings of some frequently used abbreviations, associations and organizations (Bibliography). ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH Oct/Dec '79
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Two Touristically Advanced Countries (B. Vukonic); The Development and Planning of Tourism to Israel (R. BarOn); The Role of Attractivity Inventories in Tourism Planning (T. Var); Study of Tourism Within the Context of the Social Sciences (J. Jafari); Quality of Life and Tourist Policy (J. Patellia); Socio-Cultural Aspects of Tourism (J. Vroom); Toward a Socio-economic Framework of Tourism Planning (S. Wahab). There are also more than 20 papers in French and German (Table and Charts). • (TSM) Tourism Research Priorities in Hawaii and the Pacific. By John M. Knox and Charles Suggs. Tourism Research Project: Occasional Paper No. 4 (Tourism Research Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Porteus Hall 704, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA). January 1979, two volumes: 67 pp. and 30 pp., $2.00 each. The purpose of this project is to identify the informational needs ~nd research priorities of decision makers and opinion leaders regarding tourism impacts in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific. The second volume is a technical comparison to the first one (Survey Results). It gives detailed information on methodology used in surveys (Tables, Bibliography). • (TSM) Tourist Enterprise Concentration and Old Older Amish Survival: Explorations in Productive Co-existence. By R. Buck and T. AUeman. Journal of Travel Research (University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA), 1979, XVIII(2): 15-20. The purpose of this article is to examine selected structural characteristics of mature tourist enterprise in the context of the indigenous culture and social organization of the Old Order Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (bibliography). • (SSC) TowardInternationalism: Readings in Cross-Cultural Communication. Elise Smith and Louise Fiber Luce, eds. Newbury House Publishers (54 Warehouse Lane, Rowley, Massachusetts 01969, USA), ISBN 0-88377-123-3, 1978, xiv+226 pp., $8.95. This publication brings together fourteen articles on cross-cultural communication. The materials are selected with the view to help the nonspecialist reader gain an understanding of culturally conditioned behavior as it relates to intercultural relations between people of different nations. Specifically, the articles illustrate the influence which a society's value orientations, role expectation, perception, nonverbal patterns, and language behavior bring to bear on the international cross-cultural encounter (Tables, Charts, References). • (MSC) The TraditionalPottery of Guatemala. By Ruben Reina and Robert Hill. The University of Texas Press (P.O. Box 7819, Austin, Texas 78721, USA), ISBN 0-292 78024-9, 1978, 299 pp. $30.00 (cloth). This work is an introductory survey of contemporary Maya pottery economy within the political boundaries of Guatemala. This study is carried out in the overall tradition of anthropology and within the framework of culture theory and is intended to throw light on questions regarding the social, psychological, and cultural conditions which have made possible the persistence of this activity. On several occasions, the study discusses the impact of tourism on pottery styles (charts, maps, photographs). • (SSC) Traditional Societies and Technological Change, By George M. Foster. Harper & Row, Publishers (10 East 53rd Street, New York City 10022, USA), SBN 06-042129-0, 1973 (second edition), 286 pp. $7.95 (paper). This book deals with the cultural, social, and psychological sides of technical assistance and technological development, particularly as it occurs in traditional rural communities that have been the targets of developmental programs such as those of 488
ANNALS OF: TOURISM RESEARCH Oct/Dec '79
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the specialized agencies of the United Nations, the United States bilateral aid programs sponsored by private organizations like the Rockefeller and Ford founations. It attempts to place the phenomenon of planned technological change in the broader perspective of the underlying process of culture change, which occurs at all times in all parts of the world (bibliography, index). [This book may be read as a background work when studying the role of tourism in traditional societes/countries, where tourism has been fast growing during the recent years.] • Travel and Tourism Advertising Expenditures in United States Measured Media. Harris, Kerr, Forster & Company (420 Lexington Ave. New York City 10017, USA), 1978, 32 pp. $10.00 This report for the year 1977 is the fourteenth annual review. The data reported are provided by the accepted media-measurement sources (tables). • (TSM) U.S. TravelExpenditureAbroad. International Tourism Quarterly (Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, London SWlA INT, United Kingdom), 1978 (4):15-23. This article reports on the magnitude of foreign travel in USA. Topics covered include visitor days; the length of visit; charter flights; the purchase power of the dollar; the real value of US travel expenditure; and US foreign travel deficit (tables). • (TSM) U.S. Virgin Islanders' Perceptions of Tourism. By Rustum Sethna and Bert Richmond. Journal of Travel Research (University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA). Summer 1978(1):30-31. This article describes a survey conducted in the Virgin Islands to gain a better understanding of the local residents' perceptions and feelings towards tourists and tourism. • (TSM) Washington, D.C., Travel~Tourism Information Sources. By Anita Leifer and Donald Hawkins. Journal of Travel Research (University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA), 1979(1):9-13. This article presents a guide to travel and tourism information sources in Washington, D.C. Libraries are listed by agency and data are provided on location, phone number, types of information available, and circulation. • (TSM) Travel Tourism and Outdoor Recreation: A Statistical Digest, 1976 and 1977. Statistics Canada (Ottawa, K1A 0T6, Canada), April 1979, 253 pp., $3.50. This annual statistical digest (fifth edition) is designed to incorporate under one cover a comprehensive summary of data on travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation of residents and of visitors to Canada. The sectional divisions of this publication are Recreation Participation; Parks, Camping, Hunting and Fishing; Travel to Work; Domestic Travel by Residents of Canada; Travel between Canada and USA; Travel between Canada and Overseas Countries; Balance of Payments and International Travel; Employment; and Selected Influences on Travel and Recreation. This report is printed in English and French in one cover (Tables, Charts, Appendixes). • (TSM) Vocabulaire du Tourisme. By Charles Dupont. Centre D'Etudes du Tourisme (C.P. 8000, succursale A, (Montreal, Quebec H3C 3L4, Canada), 1979, 149 pp., $10.00. This publication may be considered as the first English-French/French-English glossary of terms used in the tourism industry. There are 552 entries (words and terms) in this glossary. It also has listings of some frequently used abbreviations, associations and organizations (Bibliography). ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH Oct/Dec '79
489