Kolas, Ashild.

Tourism and Tibetan culture in transition : a place called Shangrila / Ashild Kolas. - London ; New York : Routledge, c2008. - xii, 154 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Routledge contemporary China series . - Routledge contemporary China series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Localizing Shangrila -- The political economy of tourism -- Issues and methods -- Sacred space, state territory and tourist destination -- Hallowed ground -- Imagining the nation -- Shangrila: a space of dreams -- Tourism, place-making and Tibetan identity.

9780415434362 (hbk.) 041543436X (hbk.) 9780203939949 (ebk.) 0203939948 (ebk.)


Tourism--China--Xianggelila Xian.
Tourism--Social aspects.--China--Xianggelila Xian
Ethnic groups--Economic aspects.--China--Xianggelila Xian


Tibet (China)--Social conditions.

338.4791515 / KOL 2008