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Morgan Cecilia <1958-> |
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'A happy holiday' : English Canadians and transatlantic tourism, 1870-1930 / / Cecilia Morgan |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9241-3 |
1-4426-8818-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (486 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Canadians - Travel - Europe - History |
Canadians - Travel - Great Britain - History |
Tourism - Europe - History |
Tourism - Great Britain - History |
Travelers - Canada |
History |
Biographies. |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain |
Europe |
Canada |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction. Holidays, Happiness, and Transatlantic Tourism -- 1. Porters, Guides, and the Middle-Class Tourist: The Practices of Transatlantic Tourism -- 2. Landscape of History and Empire, Part 1: Scotland -- 3. Landscape of History and Empire, Part 2: England -- 4. 'Paddy's Grief and Native Wit': Canadian Tourists and Ireland -- 5. 'The Hot Life of London is upon Us': Travel to the Imperial Capital -- 6. Street, the Regatta, and the Orphanage: The Public and Social Spaces of Tourism in Britain -- 7. 'This Sight-Seeing Is a Strenuous Business': European Sojourns, Part 1 -- 8. Natural Wonders and National Cultures: |
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European Sojourns, Part 2 -- 9. 'A Big Old Country Car, Speeding around a Winding Road': Transatlantic Tourism in the 1920s. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A Happy Holiday argues that overseas tourism offered people the chance to explore questions of identity during this period, a time in which issues such as gender, nation, and empire were the subject of much public debate and discussion. |
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