The Global Nomad: Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice

by Julie Wilson (Editor)

Backpackers have shifted from the margins of the travel industry into the global spotlight. This volume explores the international backpacker phenomenon, drawing together different disciplinary perspectives on its meaning, impact and significance. Links are drawn between theory and practice, setting backpacking in its wider social, cultural and economic context.

312 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

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[Buck Wilde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good science, bad writing, but that's what academia is all about. The take home is backpackers are given a bad rep by all the hippies and wooks. The data says they're unaware of their own pretentiousness, distinct from self-described "travelers" who are fully cognizant of their pretentiousness, and self-described "tourists" who are wealthy dads that nobody in the subculture likes.