The Ethics of Sightseeing

by Dean MacCannell

Book Overview

Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? In this challenging book, Dean MacCannell identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through his unique combination of personal observation and in-depth scholarship, MacCannell ventures into specific tourist destinations and attractions: "picturesque" rural and natural landscapes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520257839
• ISBN13: 9780520257832
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"