Examines how tourism satisfied cultural needs during the nineteenth century, argues that natural wonders were treated like religious shrines, and describes the commercial exploitation of these attractions

Product Description: The Maximilian-Bodmer Collection at Joslyn Art Museum is internationally recognized as a priceless record of early nineteenth-century America. Nebraska is fortunate to have this significant collection. Prince Maximilian's meticulous written observations, contained in lengthy journals and letters, are beautifully depicted by hundreds of landscapes and portraits created by Karl Bodmer...read more

Product Description: This volume publishes papers delivered at a conference sponsored in October 1989 by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute on the topic of liberalism in American and world politics.

Product Description: This book is a collection of 15 essays written for a conference in Middelburg, The Netherlands in 1990. The topic is world leaders and their relationship with the US and FDR in particular. This is done with a section on allies (Churchill, De Gaulle, Wilhelmina) and enemies (Hitler, Hirohito, Franco)...read more