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The Tourist: Travel in Twentieth Century North America
by Jakle, John A
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0803275617
- ISBN 13
- 9780803275614
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About This Item
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA: University of Nebraska Press, 1985. BH2 - No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color photo illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some light creasing on the front cover at the top right corner and the back cover at the bottom left corner plus there is some very light scuffing on the back cover plus there is some very, very light scattered edge wear on the top outside paper edges. A tour of tourism that examines the American and Canadian appetite for seeing and being someplace. It includes a discussion of the growth of vacation parks, the memorialization of buildings and scenery, and the complex of business that emerged to accomodate the rise of tourism: Hotels and motels, highway stops, restaurants and fast-food chains, bus and airline tours, campgrounds, and souvenir shops. Illustrated with black and white photographs. By the author of "Images of the Ohio Valley" and "The American Small Town." Endnotes, bibliography, indexed, 382p.. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- The Tourist: Travel in Twentieth Century North America
- Author
- Jakle, John A
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0803275617
- ISBN 13
- 9780803275614
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fictkon History American America United States US USA U.S. U.S.A. History North American History Canadian Canada Tour Tours Tourist Tourists Tourism Travel Description Cacation Park Vacation Parks Building Memorialization Buildings Scenery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure; Travel & Adventure / Travel; Movements & Organizations / Cultural History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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