AltaMira Press
Pages: 128
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Trim: 7¼ x 9¼
978-0-7591-0723-6 • Hardback • August 2004 • $126.00 • (£97.00)
978-0-7591-0724-3 • Paperback • July 2004 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
978-0-7591-1548-4 • eBook • August 2004 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
Arthur Asa Berger, retired professor from San Francisco State University, is the author of over 40 books, including the mystery novel/textbook Postmortem for a Postmodernist and The Kabblah Killings and editor of The Postmodern Presence: Readings on Postmodernism in American Culture and Society.
Chapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 2
Chapter One: Travelers and Tourists
Chapter 3
Chapter Two: Aspects of Travel and Tourism
Chapter 4
Chapter Three: The Uses of Travel and Tourism
Chapter 5
Chapter Four: The Tourism Industry
Chapter 6
Chapter Five: Travel Advertising: Images and Language
Chapter 7
Chapter Six: Travel Writing as an Art Form
Chapter 8
Chapter Seven: The Impact of Tourism
Chapter 9
Chapter Eight: Disneyland and Walt Disney World
Chapter 10
Chapter Nine: The End of the Road
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 About the Author
Berger approaches his subject not as a scientist, peering through the microscope to produce a precise dissection but as an artist, and then not a miniaturist but as a presenter of landscapes brought to our attention by a collection of bold brush strokes borrowed for present purposes from any number of schools and pressed into service to create a wonderfully evocative and interesting pastiche. . . Berger is at his best when discussing travel writing....
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