Bavarian Leavenworth and the symbolic economy of a theme town

Geographical Review

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 559-584

  Frenkel, Stephen ^a   Walton, Judy ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Landscape; Leavenworth; Theme town; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040185875     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2000.tb00354.x     Document Type: Article

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