| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Toronto Italian studies |
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Contents |
Codes of travel : Italy's guidebook tradition -- Italian montage : on rhetoric and representations -- Destination nation : the grand tour, Thomas Cook, and the arrival of mass tourism -- Tours of duty : touring clubs, fascist agencies, and the domestic tourism industry -- Masses in transit : the new economy of tourism in the twentieth century -- Italy without borders : simulacra, simulation, and the postmodern grand tour -- Postmodern passages : souvenirs, theme parks, outlet malls, and the body of the simulated nation |
| Summary |
Using an interdisciplinary methodology that includes archival research, ethnographic fieldwork, literary criticism, and spatial analysis, The Beautiful Country reveals destination Italy's paramount role in the creation of modern mass tourism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Italy -- History
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Tourism -- Political aspects -- Italy
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Tourism
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Tourism -- Political aspects
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442617551 |
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1442617551 |
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