Buswell, a geographer who retired from teaching behavioral and environmental sciences at the U. of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK, examines the socioeconomic and political forces that have shaped the formation and development of the tourism industry in Mallorca from the nineteenth century on. Focusing on mass tourism, he explains how the development of the industry has led to a shift in the island's culture from Catalan/Spanish to one that is much more international, as well as effects on income and the transformation from a rural to urbanized island. He describes the island's physical resources and their geographical distribution, consumption by different groups, and environmental impacts, in addition to policies and planning, business and political aspects, and new markets and diversification. He does not discuss the social changes created by tourism or tourism landscapes. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)