Venice, the Tourist Maze: A Cultural Critique of the World's Most Touristed City

by Robert Con Davis, Garry R. Marvin, Robert C. Davis

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"The tourist Venice is Venice," Mary McCarthy once observed-a sentiment very much in line with what most of the fourteen million tourists who visit the city each year experience, but at the same time a painful reality for the 65,000 Venetians who actually live there. Venice is viewed from a new perspective in this engaging book, which offers a heady, one-city tour of tourism itself. Conducting readers from the beginnings of Venetian tourism...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520241207

ISBN13:9780520241206

Release Date:June 2004

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Europe General Geography History Ireland Italy Politics & Social Sciences Regional Urban Venice

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