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Traveling in Place: A History of Armchair Travel

by Bernd Stiegler
Univ. of Chicago. 2013. 264p. tr. by Peter Filkins. ISBN 9780226774671. $25; ebk. ISBN 9780226081151. TRAV
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OrangeReviewStarStiegler explores the history of armchair travel in all of its forms. Traveling in place was practiced and enjoyed as early as 1794 when Xavier de Maister published Voyage autour de ma chambre, an account of the 42-day "journey around his room." Stiegler is more interested in traveling as a state of mind than as physical activity. Readers will discern the ways in which this inner pursuit evolved with the invention of photography and has subtly affected modern life. "Viewers now ascribed to photography a reality that could not be doubted," explains the author. (LJ 10/15/13)
Reviewed by Charlene Rue, Miriam Tuliao , Nov 01, 2014
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