| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Italian studies
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Italy -- History.
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Tourism. |
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Italy. |
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History. |
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Tourism -- Political aspects -- Italy.
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Tourism -- Political aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hom, Stephanie Malia, 1975- Beautiful country 9781442648722 (OCoLC)892779039 |
| ISBN |
9781442617551 (electronic book) |
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1442617551 (electronic book) |
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9781442648722 |
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1442648724 |
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