An explanation of how anthropology is the window through which tourism dynamics may be properly analysed and evaluated. Starting with an overview of the development of anthropology as a social science, the author moves on to examine: the definition and characteristics of tourism; definitions and typologies of tourists; tourism and culture; key themes and writers in the anthropology of tourism; issues in the anthropology of tourism; globalisation, tourism and anthropology; and the relationship between development and underdevelopment theories and the anthropology of tourism It features...