A History of Archaeological Tourism: Pursuing Leisure and Knowledge from the Eighteenth Century to World War II

by Margarita Díaz-Andreu

This book examines the relationship between archaeological tourism and professional archaeology. To do so, it explores the connection - most visibly through nationalism and global capitalism - from its origins in the early modern period to World War II. How separate is the development of archaeological tourism from that of the formation of archaeology as a discipline? And do the fields operate in two different worlds? Scholarly discussions have largely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030320758
• ISBN13: 9783030320751
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"