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The son of a wealthy British merchant, Twiss was already widely considered a vulgar aspiring tourist who refused even to pretend to upper-class behavior when he arrived in Ireland in 1775, one of many semi-professional tourists who augmented their inheritances with travel writing. Powell (history, Aberystwyth U., Wales) discusses his demeaning portrayal of the country from the perspectives of Irish tours and tourists, publication and popular reaction, Irish cultural life, the piss-pot tourist, and the formation of Irish identity. There is no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
