Travel as a political act / Rick Steves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steves, Rick, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steves, Rick, 1955---Political and social views.

Steves, Rick.

Steves, Rick, 1955---Travel.

Travel--Political aspects.

Travel.

Culture and globalization.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Steves, Rick, 1955-.

Political and social views.

Genre:

Travel writing.

Physical Description:

ix, 291 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Rick Steves' travel as a political act

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group, [2018]

Summary:

Presents advice on traveling to different countries of the world as a way of increasing our understanding of different cultures and political systems, and appreciating the interconnectedness within the global community. In his third edition, the author considers the new political reality of Brexit, Refugees, Erdoğan, and Trump, as well as populism, nativism, terrorism, and climate change and explains why travel has never been more relevant.

Contents:

How to travel as a political act

Lessons from the former Yugoslavia: war and peace in modern times

Europe unites: successes and struggles

Resurrection in El Salvador

Denmark: highly taxed and highly content

Turkey and Morocco: sampling secular Islam

Europe: not "hard on drugs" or "soft on drugs," but smart on drugs

Mission: understand Iran

The Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians today

Homecoming.

Notes:

"How to leave your baggage behind"--Cover.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

9781631217630

1631217631

OCLC:

989966029