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Venice, the tourist maze : a cultural critique of the world's most touristed city / Robert C. Davis and Garry R. Marvin.
LIBRA DG674.2 .D34 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers--Italy--Venice--History.
- Travelers.
- Tourism--Italy--Venice--History.
- Tourism.
- History.
- Venice (Italy)--Description and travel.
- Venice (Italy).
- Italy--Venice.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- A history of Venice through the lense of tourism and it's evolving Landscape, Waterscape and finally it's Worldscape as the most visited city on the planet during the last half millennium.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The City Built on the Sea 1
- Part 1 Timescape
- 1. Pilgrims' Rest 11
- 2. Strumpets and Trumps 30
- Part 2 Landscape
- 3. The Heart of the Matter 55
- 4. Lost in the Labyrinth 79
- 5. Contested Ground 105
- Part 3 Seascape
- 6. The Floating Signifier 133
- 7. Behind the Stage 160
- 8. Dangerous Waters 181
- Part 4 Worldscape
- 9. Restoration Comedies 211
- 10. Ships and Fools 237
- 11. Taking It All Home 261
- Afterword: Chi ciapa schei xe contento 293.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-344) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520238036
- 0520241207
- OCLC:
- 51984822
- Online:
- Publisher description
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