{"product_id":"hotel-life-the-story-of-a-place-where-anything-can-happen-9781469636115","title":"Hotel Life  The Story of a Place Where Anything","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eOvernight New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Provides a good counterpoint to standard works examining hotels from historical or operational viewpoints.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"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.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Bookworm Sez\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50041302843735,"sku":"9781469636115","price":19.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781469636115.jpg?v=1740181749","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hotel-life-the-story-of-a-place-where-anything-can-happen-9781469636115","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}