ABSTRACT

'In Search of Hospitality' is a unique contribution to the study of hospitality, exploring the practice of hospitality across disciplines, and adopting an international perspective where appropriate.

'In Search of Hospitality':

*brings together an extraordinary collection of leading researches and writers in hospitality, sociology, philosophy and social history, providing a truly global perspective on hospitality
* focuses the study of hospitality across the range of human, social and economic settings
* provides a reference point for the future development of hospitality as an academic discipline.

This text is ideal for students and academics in both the applied fields of hospitality and tourism studies, and general academic fields in business studies and behavioral sciences. For practitioners in hospitality, leisure and tourism businesses the text provides a provocative and informative guide to understanding and providing hospitality in commercial contexts.

chapter Chapter 1|17 pages

Towards a theoretical understanding

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

An anthropology of hospitality

chapter Chapter 3|18 pages

The philosophy of hospitableness

chapter Chapter 4|21 pages

The hospitality trades: a social history

chapter Chapter 6|18 pages

Home and commercialized hospitality

chapter Chapter 8|23 pages

Hospitality and hospitality management

chapter Chapter 9|20 pages

Managing hospitality operations

chapter Chapter 10|21 pages

Social scientific ways of knowing hospitality

chapter Chapter 13|20 pages

Consuming hospitality on holiday

chapter Chapter 14|21 pages

Working in the hospitality industry

chapter Chapter 15|17 pages

Education for hospitality