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Tony Andersen

"Tony Andersen's paean to small towns in his home state of Minnesota began as an exericise in photography. His goal was to photograph twenty-six randomly selected towns, one for each letter of the alphabet. His simple criteria was that these towns have a population of under one thousand and be evenly distributed throughout the state. ... [Andersen] came away with a profound appreciation not only of rural life but also of the kindness innate in all of us ..."--Cover flap.

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Patcharin Lapanun

Globalization has opened up a flow of economic and cultural exchanges. While we often think about these concepts in terms of trade policies or international treaties, they also play out in more intimate spheres, such as transnational marriages. Northeast Thailand has seen an increase in marriages between Thai women and farang (Western) men. Often the women are less well off and from rural areas in the country, while the men largely come from the United States and Europe and settle permanently in Thailand. These unions have created a new social class, with distinctive consumption patterns and lifestyles. And they are challenging gender relations and local perceptions of sexuality, marriage, and family. In Love, Money and Obligation, Patcharin Lapanun offers an exploration of these marriages and their larger effect on Thai communities. Her interviews with women and men engaging in these transnational relationships highlight the complexities of the associations, as they are shaped by love, money, and gender obligations on the one hand and the dynamics of socio-cultural and historical contexts on the other. Her in-depth and even-handed examination highlights the importance of women's agency and the strength and creativity of people seeking to forge meaningful lives in the processes of social transition and in the face of local and global encounters.

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Jean-Didier Urbain

"La "tuile", le grain de sable, le retard, le robinet qui goutte font partie intégrante du voyage. Mais pourquoi a-t-on si souvent le sentiment d'avoir raté celui-ci? Que signifient les plaintes que reçoivent les éditeurs de guides, les administrations, les hôtels et les voyagistes? Peut-on faire la "victimologie" du voyageur? Avec humour, savoir et tendresse, ce livre consacré aux "mésaventuriers" et enrichi d'un parfait petit guide pour rater à tout coup son voyage, refait, une décennie après L'Idiot du voyage, le portrait du touriste, cet être étrange qui n'est jamais à sa place, où qu'il aille"--Page 4 of cover.

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David Metz

In this book, David Metz examines the inadequacies inherent in the current thinking, along with the resulting problems, such as pollution, congestion and noise. He highlights the impact of the rapid increase in car use in China and India, and explores the general travel experience, public vs. private transport, and transport technology. In considering to what extent travel could be avoided, he arrives at a new paradigm to underpin sustainable transport policies, based on the fundamental characteristics of human mobility and focusing on quality, not quantity, of travel.