The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class. By Dean MacCannell, Schocken, 1987. (ISBN: ISBN: 0805205292)
 
Travel - Philosophy
 
In this classic analysis of travel and sightseeing, author Dean MacCannell brings social scientific understandings to bear on tourism in the postindustrial age, during which the middle class has acquired leisure time for international travel.
 
In The Tourist, the author examines notions of authenticity, high and low culture, and the construction of social reality around tourism.
 
Secure binding with clean pages and mild cover wear. Edge sun to rear cover and a light spine crease. Owner's name on the front endpaper. Softcover book with 214 pages.