American Guide Series

Japanese: 《American Guide Series》(英語表記)AmericanGuideSeries
American Guide Series

...In France, the Guide Bleu by Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800-64), the Guide Michelin by André Michelin (1853-1931), the inventor of the pneumatic tire, a famous and authoritative guide to hotels and restaurants for car travelers, and N'Agère by Louis Nagel (1908- ) are well known. In the United States, there is Fodor (1936), by Eugene Fodor (1905- ), which is characterized by contributions from experts and annual revisions, and the American Guide Series, which is a travel guide for the United States, completed from 1935 to 1943 as a job relief project for writers after the Great Depression. It is difficult to say that Japanese travel guides meet international standards in terms of the appropriateness of the information they cover, the accuracy of their maps, and the reliability of their reviews. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "American Guide Series" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フランスでは,アシェットLouis Christophe François Hachette(1800‐64)による《ギド・ブルー》,空気入りタイヤの発明者ミシュランAndré Michelin(1853‐1931)による,自動車旅行者を対象とし,権威のあるホテル・レストラン案内で有名な《ギド・ミシュラン》,ナジェールLouis Nagel(1908‐ )による《ナジェール》がよく知られている。さらにアメリカでは,フォダーEugene Fodor(1905‐ )による,専門家の寄稿と毎年の改定で特色のある《フォダー》(1936創刊),またアメリカ国内の旅行案内書であるが,1935年から43年にかけて大恐慌後の文筆家に対する失業救済事業として完成した《アメリカ・ガイド・シリーズAmerican Guide Series》などがある。日本の旅行案内書は,取り上げる情報の適切さ,地図の精確さ,評価の信頼性などの点で,国際的な水準に達しているとはいい難い。…

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