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Constructing cultural tourism : John Ruskin and the tourist gaze /

By: Hanley, Keith.
Contributor(s): Walton, John K.
Series: Tourism and cultural change: Publisher: Bristol ; Tonawanda, NY : Channel View Publications, c2010Description: xii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781845411558 (hbk : alk. paper); 9781845411558:; 1845411552 (hbk : alk. paper); 9781845411541 (pbk : alk. paper); 1845411544 (pbk : alk. paper); 9781845411565 (ebook); 1845411560 (ebook).Subject(s): Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Travel -- Great Britain | Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Influence | Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Trave -- Europe, Western | Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation | Heritage tourism -- Great Britain -- History | Culture and tourism -- History | Heritage tourism -- Europe, Western -- History | Travel in literatureDDC classification: 338.479141 Summary: Focusing on the formative influence of the works of John Ruskin in defining and developing cultural tourism, this book describes and assesses their effects on the 'tourist gaze' as directed at landscape, scenery, architecture and townscape, from the early Victorian period onwards.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Focusing on the formative influence of the works of John Ruskin in defining and developing cultural tourism, this book describes and assesses their effects on the 'tourist gaze' as directed at landscape, scenery, architecture and townscape, from the early Victorian period onwards.

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