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Cowboy Professionalism: A Cultural S...

Wagner, Forest J.

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Cowboy Professionalism: A Cultural Study of Big-Mountain Tourism in the Last Frontier.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Cowboy Professionalism: A Cultural Study of Big-Mountain Tourism in the Last Frontier./
作者:	Wagner, Forest J.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
面頁冊數:	146 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-06(E).
標題:	Geography. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10616621
ISBN:	9780355184150

Cowboy Professionalism: A Cultural Study of Big-Mountain Tourism in the Last Frontier.
Wagner, Forest J.

Cowboy Professionalism: A Cultural Study of Big-Mountain Tourism in the Last Frontier. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 146 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2017.

Geographical features and cultural traits may influence the character of big-mountain tourism in Alaska. For example, Alaska's wild landscape, rich climbing and skiing history, and cultural mythos of wilderness and frontier fostered its status as a major destination for niche big-mountain tourism. Growth in the industry since the 1980s has been phenomenal, though a change threatens the identity of mountain guides of the region, demanding they accept international standards for their self-regulating and uniquely Alaskan version of big-mountain tourism.

ISBN: 9780355184150Subjects--Topical Terms:

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