The Guidebook Experiment
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- Synopsis
- Our information-obsessed world has fundamentally altered much of what we do on a day-to-day basis. The way we shop. The way we communicate. The way we learn.More tools tell us how to spend our free time than ever before, telling us not only where to go but how to get there, what it will look like, and why we should go in the first place. This proliferation of guidebook material, this "guidebook evolution," has clearly changed the way we travel. But how?By tracing the evolution of the guidebook, from pilgrim manuals and Baedeker's to Yelp reviews and Google Maps, and by identifying the three pillars of the guidebook structure, The Guidebook Experiment explores the effects this growth has had on the state of the genre.Then, by using some of the world's greatest explorers as inspiration, the author sets out guidebook-less, launching an experiment that determines how the guidebook has fundamentally altered the nature of travel and explaining why all travelers should consider conducting their own guidebook experiments.The Guidebook Experiment, a call-to-action disguised as a nonfiction narrative, capitalizes on the recent trend to "disconnect" and encourages readers to discover the joy of travel on their own.
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781609520939
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781609520922
- Publisher:
- Travelers' Tales
- Date of Addition:
- 02/14/16
- Copyrighted By:
- David Bockino
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Travel
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.