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On the rim : looking for the Grand Canyon / / Mark Neumann



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Autore: Neumann Mark Visualizza persona
Titolo: On the rim : looking for the Grand Canyon / / Mark Neumann Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1999
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
Disciplina: 917.91/320453
Soggetto topico: Landscapes - Social aspects - Arizona - Grand Canyon
Landscapes - Arizona - Grand Canyon - Psychological aspects
Tourism - Psychological aspects - Arizona - Grand Canyon
Tourism - Social aspects - Arizona - Grand Canyon
Soggetto geografico: Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Description and travel
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Nostalgic Theater of the West; 2. A Cultural Abyss; 3. Framing the American Masterpiece; 4. Managing a View; 5. Fantasy Trails across Popular Terrain; 6. The Depths of Time; 7. Making and Breaking the Scene; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Why do nearly five million people travel to the Grand Canyon each year? Mark Neumann answers this question with a book as compelling as the panoramic vistas of the canyon. In On the Rim, he describes how the Grand Canyon became an internationally renowned tourist attraction and cultural icon, and delves into the meanings the place holds for the individuals who live, work, and travel there. "In the chasm's dizzying depths and flamboyant displacement of solid ground, as well as in the perceptions of those drawn there-explorers and day-trippers, employees and outlaws, artists and fast-buck artist
Titolo autorizzato: On the rim  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-8731-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820377403321
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