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Author Davis, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1948- author.

Title Venice, the tourist maze : a cultural critique of the world's most touristed city / Robert C. Davis and Garry R. Marvin
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 360 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction: The City Built on the Sea -- Timescape -- Landscape -- Seascape -- Worldscape -- Afterword: Chi ciapa schei xe contento
Summary 'Venice, the Tourist Maze' charts the history of tourism in the most tourist-visited place on the planet, & at the same time offers a critique of the city-as-tourist-destination. The 'maze' is the paradox created when a city becomes a theme park entertaining visitors on an industrial scale
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-344) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Travelers -- Italy -- Venice
Tourism -- Italy -- Venice -- History
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Tourism
Travel
Travelers
Toerisme.
SUBJECT Venice (Italy) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142718
Subject Italy -- Venice
Venetië (stad)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Marvin, Garry, author.
ISBN 9780520937802
0520937805
0520238036
9780520238039
0520241207
9780520241206
1417545062
9781417545063
1597349755
9781597349758