Preface ix
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction. The Dreamworld of Cinematic Travel 1
1. Varieties of Travel Experience: Burton Holmes and the Travelogue
Tradition 23
2. "The Living Panorama of Nature": Early Nonfiction and the American Film
Industry 63
3. "The Five-Cent University": Educational Films and the Drive to Uplift
the Cinema 101
4. "Atop of the World in Motion": Visualizing the Pleasures of Empire 137
5. Scenic Films and the Cinematic Picturesque 175
6. "A Weird and Affecting Beauty": Watching Travel Films in the 1910s 207
7. "The Nation's First Playground": Wilderness Modernized in the American
West 235
Epilogue. Reveries of the Solitary Walker 269
Notes 277
Filmography 323
Bibliography 331
Index 353
