The Global Nomad: Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice

A scholarly look at that non-luxury traveler, the backpacker. Academic interest in the motivations and experiences of backpackers has grown as backpacker travel becomes more popular—a result of the increasing ease of international travel, the growing network of budget hostels and travel companies, and greater flexibility in life path and work patterns. Fifteen chapters by researchers in the UK, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand examine backpacking as a postmodern phenomenon, taking on topics including backpacker employment, backpacking's literary precursors, anthropological perspectives, backpacker product selections, and transport choices. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR