Buy this book on-line Jakle, John A : The Tourist: Travel in Twentieth Century North AmericaUniversity of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 1985 ISBN 0803275617
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Trade Paperback. Jacket: No Jacket as Issued Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Jakle, John A : The Tourist: Travel in Twentieth Century North America. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, fine bindings, livres anciens, incunabula and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |