This book is the only in-depth ethnographic study of British charter tourists. It is based on several months of participant observation of British charter tourists on holiday in Palmanova and Magaluf on the Mediterranean Island of Mallorca. With a focus on space, the body, and food and drink...

In the nineteenth century coal-miners imported from Europe, Asia, and eastern North America burrowed beneath the Vancouver Island towns of Nanaimo, Wellington, and Cumberland. No group was as numerous and influential in this enterprise as the hundreds of British immigrants who traveled half-way...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1 Emigration and the Street Music Trade -- 2 "Les Petits Italiens" in Paris -- 3 "The Organ Boys" in London -- 4 "The Little Slaves" in New York -- 5 Italian Legislation, 1868-1873 -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes --...

The increasing popularity of private equity ('PE'), and especially leveraged buyouts in the late 1980s, established a novel area of research in these investments. First, research concentrated on the taking private of large corporations in the US. In his most significant paper, Jensen (1989)...