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Subjects:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Contributions in travel writing.
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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.

ISBN:

0817311602 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

48475639