Mark Twain, travel books, and tourism [electronic resource] : the tide of a great popular movement / Jeffrey Alan Melton.
by
Melton, Jeffrey Alan, 1962-
ISBN
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9780817313500
Title
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Mark Twain, travel books, and tourism [electronic resource] : the tide of a great popular movement / Jeffrey Alan Melton.
Author
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Melton, Jeffrey Alan, 1962-
Personal Author
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Melton, Jeffrey Alan, 1962-
Publication Information
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Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xv, 200 pages).
Series
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Contents
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The success of travel books and the failure of tourism -- Tourism and travel writing in the nineteenth century -- Touring the Old World : faith and leisure in The innocents abroad and A tramp abroad -- Touring the New World : the search for home in Roughing it and Life on the Mississippi -- Touring the round : imperialism and the failure of travel writing in Following the equator.
Local Note
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
Personal Subject
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Subject Term
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Americans -- Foreign countries -- History -- 19th century.
Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism.
Voyages and travels -- History -- 19th century.
Travel writing -- History -- 19th century.
Tourism -- History -- 19th century.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2002
Publication Information
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Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002.
| Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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| 818.409 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |