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Venice: the tourist maze: a cultural critique of the world's most touristed city.(Book Review)

DAVIS, ROBERT C. & GARRY R. MARVIN. Venice: the tourist maze: a cultural critique of the world's most touristed city. xi, 360 pp., maps, illus., bibliogr. London, Los Angeles: Univ. California Press, 2004. [pounds sterling]21.95 (paper)

Readable, entertaining, and well written, this book begins with an exploration of the historical development of Venice, focusing on its experience with visitors, often pilgrims, later turning into those elites seeking a cultural, educational, and sometimes sexual awakening through the Grand Tour. It concentrates on the physical aspects of the city, whether topography, urban geography, architecture, buildings, waterways or the seemingly ...

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