Publics versus professionals: Agency and engagement with 'Robin Hood' and the 'Pilgrim Fathers' in Nottinghamshire

The Cultural Moment in Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 131-158

  Scott, Anna ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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