Red Tourism in China
A review of Production, Transmission, and Consumption of Red Tourism in China: A Model of the Circuit of Red Heritage…
Tourist Culture in China, 1895-1949
A review of On the Move: Tourist Culture in China, 1895-1949, by António Eduardo Hawthorne Barrento. In recent decades, a…
Tourism & Authenticity in Varanasi, India
A review of Sacred Journeys and Profane Travelers: Representation and Spatial Practice in Varanasi (India), by Cristiana Zara. The city…
Finnish-Russian Relations 1880s-1920s
A review of Shared Space, Varied Lives: Finnish-Russian Interactions in Dacha Country, 1880s-1920s, by Kitty Lam. It may surprise many…
Japanese Colonial Tourism in Manchuria, Korea & Taiwan
A review of The Boundaries of the Interesting: Itineraries, Guidebooks, and Travel in Imperial Japan, by Kate L. McDonald. In…
Media Creation in China’s Na Villages
A review of Scenes from Yongning: Media Creation in China’s Na Villages, by Tami Blumenfield. Tami Blumenfield’s dissertation is a…
Tourism & Travel Culture in Modern China
A review of Itineraries for a Republic: Tourism and Travel Culture in Modern China, 1866-1954, by Yajun Mo. This dissertation…
Religious Modernities in Thai Meditation Centers
A review of Constructing Religious Modernities: Hybridity, Reinterpretation and Adaptation in Thailand’s International Meditation Centers, by Brooke Schedneck. This important…
Fantasies of the Real in Early Modern Japan
A review of Fantasies of the Real: Illustrated Gazetteers in Early Modern Japan, by Robert Dale Goree. Robert Goree’s dissertation…
Tourism in Late Colonial Vietnam
A review of Vietnamese Tourism in Late-Colonial Central Vietnam, 1917–1945, by Erich deWald. Erich deWald has written an illuminating history…