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What is a hotel? As Caroline Field Levander and Matthew Pratt Guterl show us in this thought-provoking book, even though hotels are everywhere around us, we rarely consider their essential role in our modern existence and how they help frame our sense of who and what we are. They are, in fact, as centrally important as other powerful places like prisons, hospitals, or universities.

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A clever take on hotel life ... the book presents hotels as powerful social institutions, not unlike universities, hospitals and even prisons, that embrace all walks of life and offer insights into who and what we are."" - Overnight New York

""Provides a good counterpoint to standard works examining hotels from historical or operational viewpoints."" - CHOICE

""Authors Caroline Field levander and Matthew Pratt Guterl do a great job entertaining their readers with gossipy tidbits, jaw dropping information, and little-known insider facts."" - The Bookworm Sez

Hotel Life The Story of a Place Where Anything

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    A Paperback by Caroline Field Levander, Matthew Pratt Guterl

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      Publisher: MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina
      Publication Date: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781469636115, 978-1469636115
      ISBN10: 1469636115

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What is a hotel? As Caroline Field Levander and Matthew Pratt Guterl show us in this thought-provoking book, even though hotels are everywhere around us, we rarely consider their essential role in our modern existence and how they help frame our sense of who and what we are. They are, in fact, as centrally important as other powerful places like prisons, hospitals, or universities.

      Trade Review
      A clever take on hotel life ... the book presents hotels as powerful social institutions, not unlike universities, hospitals and even prisons, that embrace all walks of life and offer insights into who and what we are."" - Overnight New York

      ""Provides a good counterpoint to standard works examining hotels from historical or operational viewpoints."" - CHOICE

      ""Authors Caroline Field levander and Matthew Pratt Guterl do a great job entertaining their readers with gossipy tidbits, jaw dropping information, and little-known insider facts."" - The Bookworm Sez

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