Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century

by John F. Sears

Book Overview

Tourism emerged as an important cultural activity in the United States in the 1820s as steamboats and canals allowed for greater mobility and the nation's writers and artists focused their attention... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558491627
• ISBN13: 9781558491625
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher