German Travel Cultures

by Rudy Koshar

Book Overview

Travel guidebooks are an important part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their history and importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany not only produced the first international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker, but also became a major tourist destination early in the twentieth century. This is the first comprehensive discussion of the history of tourist guidebooks for any modern nation.Selecting representative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859734510
• ISBN13: 9781859734513
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"