Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 320 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520217675
Series Statement:
California studies in critical human geography 6
Content:
Löfgren takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of "learning to be a tourist" have shaped our own ways of vacationing. We see how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images (written, drawn, painted, and later photographed) teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. Travelers present and future will never see their cruises, treks, ecotours, round-the-world journeys, or trips to the vacation cottage or condo in quite the same way again. All our land-, sea-, and mindscapes will be the richer for Löfgren's i
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310)
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520234642
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe On Holiday : A History of Vacationing
Language:
English
