[PDF.80hz] Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century

Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century

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 | #1192370 in Books |  Univ of Massachusetts Pr |  1999-01-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.19 x.65 x5.98l,.0 | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Enjoyable, but limited in scope|By Anonymous|Sears argues that 19th century American tourist attractions tended to be secular places sanctified by natural sublimity and nationalistic idealism in which the nation was symbolized by natural grandeur or American ingenuity. This history is extremely easy and enjoyable to read, as well as academically well-informed and researched. It| |"A work of exceptional intelligence and deep research. It is essential reading for all students of landscape history."―Simon Schama, Columbia University||"Sear's book is the authoritative study of American tourism at its nineteenth-century point of origin. U

Tourism emerged as an important cultural activity in the United States in the 1820s as steamboats and canals allowed for greater mobility and the nation's writers and artists focused their attention on American scenery. From the 1820s until well after the Civil War, American artists, like Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, depicted American tourist attractions in their work, and often made their reputations on those paintings. Writers like Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne, and Ja...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century   |  John F. Sears. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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