'Pettin' the critters': Exploring the complex relationship between volunteers and the voluntoured in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA, and Tijuana, Mexico

Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism : International Case Study Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 12-24

  Mcgehee, Nancy G ^a   Andereck, Kathleen ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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