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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155089203321

Autore

Miles Stephen

Titolo

The Western Front : landscape, tourism and heritage  / / Stephen Miles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Barnsley, [England] : , : Pen & Sword Archaeology, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4738-8471-3

1-4738-8470-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Disciplina

940.344

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Battlefields - France

France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: ; ch. 1 The Origins and Nature of the Western Front -- ; ch. 2 Tourism Begins on the Western Front -- ; ch. 3 Tourism and Tourists on the Western Front -- ; ch. 4 A Commemorative Landscape -- ; ch. 5 A Heritage Landscape -- ; ch. 6 Museums and Interpretation -- ; ch. 7 The Rights and Wrongs of Battlefield Tourism -- ; ch. 8 Visitor experiences -- ; ch. 9 The Western Front Beyond the Centenary -- Appendices -- ; Appendix 1 Opening Dates for Museums and Cafe-Museums Along the Western Front -- ; Appendix 2 Visitor Numbers at 10 Selected World War One Sites in the Westhoek (Belgium), 2013 -- 2014 -- ; Appendix 3 The Western Front -- Push and Pull Factors -- ; Appendix 4 Types of Representative Pilgrimage -- ; Appendix 5 Survey of Western Front Coach Tour Operators (2014) -- ; Appendix 6 The Tangible Heritage of the Western Front -- ; Appendix 7 Types of Museum Collections on the Western Front.