Worth the Detour: A History of the Guidebook

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Oct 24, Kristi rated it really liked it. An ambitious history of the travel guidebook, ranging from the ancient world, to medieval religious pilgrims, to the grand tour of the 18th century, and the bourgeois tourists of the 19th century, toward the modern consumerist-driven model. Parsons explores the ways guidebooks reflect changing cultural concerns, including aesthetic tastes, religious values, and socio-political agendas to argue that guidebooks were shaped both by the agendas of both their authors and their users.

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English radio and television presenter and actor; best known today for his long-standing position as host of the comedy radio game show Just a Minute since Books by Nicholas Parsons.

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