Worth the detour : a history of the guidebook / Nicholas T. Parson
2007, First Edition. Stroud, Gloucestershire [England] : Sutton Pub. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, somewhat edge-torn dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #469837
ISBN: 0750943939
Physical description; xxii, 378 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Originally published in print. Contents; The ancient world -- Late antiquity and the Middle Ages : the pilgrims' guides -- From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment : scholars, moralists and men of taste -- The bourgeous traveller and the beginnings of mass tourism -- From inventory to ideology : aspects of the modern guidebook -- Epilogue : mind-travelling and the survival of the guidebook. Subjects; Guidebooks History. Tourism History. Travel History. Travelers' writings History and criticism.
Price: €14.95