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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays develops the historical dimension to tourism studies through thematic case studies. The editor's introduction argues for the importance of a closer relationship between history and tourism studies, and an international team of contributors explores the relationships between tourism, representations, environments and identities in settings ranging from the global to the local, from the Roman Empire to the twentieth century, and from Frinton to the 'Far East'.
Trade Review"Finally, a long overdue marriage of history and tourism studies! In these well-researched essays by the best scholars in their specialties, readers will find how tourists and their destinations shaped each other and how the tourist experience impacted broader society. A must for both historians and tourism specialists." Gary Cross, Distinguished Professor of Modern History, Penn State University"
Table of ContentsThe Contributors
John K. Walton: Introduction
1 John M. MacKenzie: Empires of Travel: British Guide Books and Cultural Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries
2 Jill Steward: ‘How and Where To Go’: The Role of Travel Journalism in Britain and the Evolution of Foreign Tourism, 1840–1914
3 John Beckerson and John K. Walton: Selling Air: Marketing the Intangible at British Resorts
4 Loykie Lomine: Tourism in Augustan Society (44 BC–AD 69)
5 Carlos Larrinaga: A Century of Tourism in Northern Spain: The Development of High-quality Provision between 1815 and 1914
6 Yorimitsu Hashimoto: Japanese Tea Party: Representations of Victorian Paradise and Playground in The Geisha (1896)
7 Shelley Baranowski: Radical Nationalism in an International Context: Strength through Joy and the Paradoxes of Nazi Tourism
8 Kristin Semmens: ‘Travel in Merry Germany’: Tourism in the Third Reich
9 Corinna Peniston-Bird: Coffee, Klimt and Climbing: Constructing an Austrian National Identity in Tourist Literature 1918–38
10 John K. Walton: Paradise Lost and Found: Tourists and Expatriates in El Terreno, Palma de Mallorca, from the 1920s to the 1950s
11 Helen Pussard: ‘50 Places Rolled into 1’: The Development of Domestic Tourism at Pleasure Grounds in Inter-war England
12 Laura Chase: Public Beaches and Private Beach Huts: A Case Study of Inter-war Clacton and Frinton, Essex
13 Clifford O’Neill: ‘The Most Magical Corner of England’: Tourism, Preservation and the Development of the Lake District, 1919–39
