The Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies
This handbook is the definitive reference text for the study of ‘dark tourism’, the contemporary commodification of death within international visitor economies. Shining a light on dark tourism and visitor sites of death or disaster allows us to bet
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The Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies
Philip R. Stone • Rudi Hartmann Tony Seaton • Richard Sharpley Leanne White Editors
The Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies
Editors Philip R. Stone University of Central Lancashire Preston, UK
Rudi Hartmann University of Colorado Denver Denver, USA
Tony Seaton University of Limerick Limerick, Ireland
Richard Sharpley University of Central Lancashire Preston, UK
Leanne White Victoria University Melbourne, Australia
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“We’ve gone on holiday by mistake!” Richard E. Grant (Withnail and I, 1987) This Handbook is dedicated to my daughter and son—Sara and Aaron—as they embark into adulthood and discover that life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself. Dr. Philip R. Stone (a.k.a. Dad) Editor-in-Chief: The Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies
Dark Tourism Themes, Issues and Consequences: A Preface
Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it’s dark. (Zen Proverb)
In 2015, a commissioning editor from the internationally renowned publishers Palgrave Macmillan approached me to suggest dark tourism warranted a subject ‘Handbook’. Consequently, ‘dark tourism’ as a sch
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