Greg Richards & Julie Wilson 
The Global Nomad [EPUB ebook] 
Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Drifting Towards the Global Nomad – Greg Richards and Julie Wilson
2. The Global Nomad: Motivations and Behaviour of Independent Travellers Worldwide – Greg Richards and Julie Wilson
PART 2: BACKPACKING AS A (POST)MODERN PHENOMENON
3. Backpacking: Diversity and Change – Erik Cohen
4. Theoretical Encounters – Irena Ateljevic  & Steven Doorne 
5. The Beaten Track: Anti-Tourism as an Element of Backpacker Identity Construction – Peter Welk 
6.The Whole Point of Backpacking – Jana Binder 
7. The Conquerors and the Settlers – Darya Maoz 
8. Backpacker Icons: Influential Literary ‘Nomads’ in the Formation of Backpacker Identities – Julie Wilson & Greg Richards
PART 3: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GLOBAL NOMAD
9. Backpacking in Scotland – Clare Speed and Tony Harrison
10. Profiling the International Backpacker Market in Australia – Lee Slaughter
11. Backpackers: Nomads Join the Mainstream? – Malcolm Cooper, Kieran O’Mahony & Patricia Erfurt 
12. Destination-Based Product Selections by International Backpackers in Australia – Denise Kain & Brian King 
13. Setting Out on the Road Less Travelled: A Study of Backpacker Travel in New Zealand – Ken Newlands 
14. Backpacker Transport Choice – Paul Vance
CONCLUSIONS
15. Widening Perspectives in Backpacker Research – Greg Richards & Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson is Research Fellow with the Centre for Environment and Planning, University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) although currently a Batista i Roca Fellow with the Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgil, Tarragona and Visiting Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).