By Dean MacCannell
Empty assembly Grounds maintains Dean MacCannell's look for the cultural topic that's approximately to emerge from the stumble upon of the ex-primitive and the post-modern. It comprises attention-grabbing chapters on `Cannibal Tours', `The wish to be Postmodern', the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., the Statue of Liberty recovery venture and the urbanization of Yosemite Park.
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