Are We There Yet?
Are We There Yet?

Author: Alison Byerly

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2012-12-26

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0472028766

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Are We There Yet? Virtual Travel and Victorian Realismconnects the Victorian fascination with "virtual travel" with the rise of realism in nineteenth-century fiction and twenty-first-century experiments in virtual reality. Even as the expansion of river and railway networks in the nineteenth century made travel easier than ever before, staying at home and fantasizing about travel turned into a favorite pastime. New ways of representing place—360-degree panoramas, foldout river maps, exhaustive railway guides—offered themselves as substitutes for actual travel. Thinking of these representations as a form of "virtual travel" reveals a surprising continuity between the Victorian fascination with imaginative dislocation and twenty-first -century efforts to use digital technology to expand the physical boundaries of the self.

Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World
Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World

Author: Roland Wenzlhuemer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1107025281

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A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network.

Transportation and the American People
Transportation and the American People

Author: H. Roger Grant

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0253043344

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This “outstanding contribution to transportation history” chronicles the evolution of American mobility from stagecoaches to buses and airplanes (Choice). Transportation is the unsung hero of American history. Stagecoaches, waterways, canals, railways, busses, and airplanes revolutionized much more than just the way people got around; they transformed the economic, political, and social aspects of everyday life. In Transportation and the American People, renowned historian H. Roger Grant tells the story of American transportation from its slow, uncomfortable, and often dangerous beginnings to the speed and comfort of travel today. Early advances like stagecoaches and canals allowed traders, businesses, and industries to expand across the nation, setting the stage for modern developments like transcontinental railways and busses that would forever reshape the continent. Grant provides a compelling and thoroughly researched narrative of the social history of travel, shining a light on the role transportation played in shaping the country as well as the people who helped build it.

Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management
Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management

Author: Chand Dhiman, Mohinder

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-05-31

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 1522584358

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Changes within the travel industry, such as globalization, consumerism, and advancements in technology, have transformed travel agencies into highly competitive businesses. To remain successful, new business approaches and models must be created in the global tourism and hospitality industry. Travel companies continue to expand their businesses in different countries and seek to collaborate with international entrepreneurs, developing the need for cross-cultural strategies and policies. As travel agencies flourish, identifying these business practices is necessary for these organizations to obtain a competitive management model at the global level. The Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management gathers the latest methodologies, tools, models, and theories regarding tourism development and sustainability into one comprehensive reference source in order to promote, manage, and maximize the profitability potential of travel agencies and tour operation services. Featuring research on topics such as e-marketing, medical tourism, and online travel, this book provides travel agents, managers, industry professionals, researchers, academics, and students with the necessary resources to effectively develop and implement organizational strategies and models.

Railway Adventures and Anecdotes
Railway Adventures and Anecdotes

Author: Richard Pike

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06-08

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9783337178956

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Railway Adventures and Anecdotes - Extending over More than Fifty Years is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.