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See America First: Tourism and National Identity 1880-1940

Categorie	Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer	#250266
Titel	See America First: Tourism and National Identity 1880-1940
Auteur	Shaffer, Marguerite S.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Washington/London, Smithsonian Books
Jaar van uitgave	2001
ISBN10	1560989769
ISBN13	9781560989769
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	In See America First, Marguerite Shaffer chronicles the birth of modern American tourism between 1880 and 1940, linking tourism to the simultaneous growth of national transportation systems, print media, a national market, and a middle class with money and time to spend on leisure. Focusing on the See America First slogan and idea employed at different times by railroads, guidebook publishers, Western boosters, and Good Roads advocates, she describes both the modern marketing strategies used to promote tourism and the messages of patriotism and loyalty embedded in the tourist experience. She shows how tourists as consumers participated in the search for a national identity that could assuage their anxieties about American society and culture. Generously illustrated with images from advert... (Lees verder)isements, guidebooks, and travelogues, See America First demonstrates that the promotion of tourist landscapes and the consumption of tourist experiences were central to the development of an American identity.
Pagina's	429
Conditie	Goed — Permanent marker line on bottom cut.
Prijs	€ 12,50

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