The tourists gaze, the Cretans glance :: archaeology and tourism on a Greek island /

Using the sites on the island of Crete as an example, Duke first gives a brief overview of what is known of Cretan pre-history. He then explores how the sites have been observed by mostly European and American tourists from the early nineteenth century to the present. Duke is concerned with how guid...

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Main Author: Duke, P. G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2007.
Series:Heritage, tourism, and community.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Using the sites on the island of Crete as an example, Duke first gives a brief overview of what is known of Cretan pre-history. He then explores how the sites have been observed by mostly European and American tourists from the early nineteenth century to the present. Duke is concerned with how guides and brochures filter the archeological information to the tourists and how a specific view of the past is being presented. He concludes by encouraging academics to engage the interest of the casual spectator by making information about the sites more accessible to non-specialists. A useful appendix has a list describing each site along with comments on its current condition.
Physical Description:1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations, map
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-143) and index.
ISBN:9781598747799
1598747797
9781315416939
131541693X

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