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Page 104
... Baedeker that at this hour I always do . " Modern tourist guidebooks have helped raise tourist ex- pectations . And they have provided the natives — from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichecastenango with a detailed and ...
... Baedeker that at this hour I always do . " Modern tourist guidebooks have helped raise tourist ex- pectations . And they have provided the natives — from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichecastenango with a detailed and ...
Page 105
... Baedeker . A testimony to Baedeker's incorruptibility was his statement in an early edition that " Hotels which cannot be accurately characterized without exposing the editor to the risk of legal proceedings are left unmentioned . " ...
... Baedeker . A testimony to Baedeker's incorruptibility was his statement in an early edition that " Hotels which cannot be accurately characterized without exposing the editor to the risk of legal proceedings are left unmentioned . " ...
Page 282
... Baedeker , see Francis Watson , " The Education of Baedeker , " The Fortnightly , CXLVI ( Dec. , 1936 ) , 698–702 ; Arnold Palmer , " The Baedeker Firma- ment , " The Fortnightly , CLXXII ( Sept. , 1949 ) , 200-205 ; W. G. Constable ...
... Baedeker , see Francis Watson , " The Education of Baedeker , " The Fortnightly , CXLVI ( Dec. , 1936 ) , 698–702 ; Arnold Palmer , " The Baedeker Firma- ment , " The Fortnightly , CLXXII ( Sept. , 1949 ) , 200-205 ; W. G. Constable ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 3 |
From the American Dream to American Illusions? | 239 |
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING | 263 |
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