An introduction to the uses of computers in hospitality and tourism that covers a broad spectrum from "what is a computer?" to their uses and applications. The book presents case studies, examples, projects, assignments and questions.

Using Computers in Hospitality

Computers & Technology

O'Connor, Peter

Computer Science

Cengage Learning'

An introduction for those beginning to study the hospitality industry, this work explains the uses computers have in hotels, bars and venues. Developments including interactive TV, Web distribution and Central Reservation Systems are explored.

Using Computers in Hospitality and Tourism

Thomson Learning

Understanding Jung Understanding Yourself

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Methuen Ltd

In Beyond the Mist, Peter O'Connor explores the world of Irish mythology and its relevance today in helping to account for the mysteries, unknowns and vicissitudes of life.It introduces the rich world of Irish mythology beginning with an introduction to the Irish pantheon which includes such figures as the gods Dagda, Lugh, Oenghus and Manannan Mac Lir and the goddesses Morrigan Anu and the Machas whose stories comprise the Mythological Cycle, the first cycle of Irish mythology. From the Fenian and Ulster Cycles, the heroic stories of Cu Chulainn and Finn MacCumhaill, among others, are told.Peter O'Connor explores the various divine and other figures, including the mystical Irish otherworld, as symbolic aspects of the individual psyche and the unconscious mind. The myths are seen as providing insights into repressed aspects of our inner life at the same time suggesting appropriate ways of relating to and integrating these qualities.

Beyond the Mist

Victor Gollancz

Ancient mythology can be seen as a source of understanding of the universal themes and conflicts that have beset human beings throughout time, such as the transitory nature of life, the inevitability of separateness, and the existence of the personal and collective unconscious. Beyond the Mist is an introduction to Irish mythology which also explores its contemporary relevance to the mysteries, unknowns, and vicissitudes of life. It explores the various divine and other figures as symbolic aspects of the individual psyche and the unconscious mind, while providing insights into these repressed aspects of our inner life and suggesting appropriate ways of relating to and integrating these qualities.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Orion Publishing

In American Sectionalism in the British Mind, 1832–1863, Peter O’Connor uses an innovative interdisciplinary approach to provide a corrective to simplified interpretations of British attitudes towards the United States during the antebellum and early Civil War periods. Exploring the many complexities of transatlantic politics and culture, O’Connor examines developing British ideas about U.S. sectionalism, from the abolition of slavery in the British Empire and the Nullification Crisis in South Carolina to the Civil War.
Through a close reading of travelogues, fictional accounts, newspaper reports, and personal papers, O’Connor argues that the British literate population had a longstanding familiarity with U.S. sectionalism and with the complex identities of the North and South. As a consequence of their engagement with published accounts of America produced in the decades leading up to the Civil War, the British populace approached the conflict through these preexisting notions.
O’Connor reveals even antislavery commentators tended to criticize slavery in the abstract and to highlight elements of the system that they believed compared favorably to the condition of free blacks in the North. As a result, the British saw slavery in the U.S. in national as opposed to sectional terms, which collapsed the moral division between North and South. O’Connor argues that the British identified three regions within America―the British Cavalier South, the British Puritan New England, and the ethnically heterogeneous New York and Pennsylvania region―and demonstrates how the apparent lack of a national American culture prepared Britons for the idea of disunity within the U.S. He then goes on to highlight how British commentators engaged with American debates over political culture, political policy, and states’ rights. In doing so, he reveals the complexity of the British understanding of American sectionalism in the antebellum era and its consequences for British public opinion during the Civil War.
American Sectionalism in the British Mind, 1832–1863 re-conceptualizes our understanding of British engagements with the United States during the mid-nineteenth century, offering a new explanation of how the British understood America in the antebellum and Civil War eras.

American Sectionalism in the British Mind, 1832-1863

History

Americas

LSU Press

Provides a clear, no-nonsense introduction to understanding where, how and why computers are used in the hotel and catering industries. The book explains the workings of the hardware, the software and the systems, and places theory in context through the use of examples and case studies from leading European and global hospitality organizations.

Cengage Learning Business Press

Competing Imperialisms In Northeast Asia: New Perspectives, 1894-1953

De Angeli, Aglaia

Robinson, Peter Jake

Reisz, Emma

Tsuchiya, Reiko

Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group

Slow Wonder (Elements in Creativity and Imagination)

Cambridge University Press

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