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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784243503321

Autore

Pack Sasha D

Titolo

Tourism and dictatorship [[electronic resource] ] : Europe's peaceful invasion of Franco's Spain / / Sasha D. Pack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36091-0

9786611360917

0-230-60116-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/79146

Soggetti

Tourism - Spain - History - 20th century

Europeans - Spain - History - 20th century

Spain History Republic, 1931-1939

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Travel and Tourism in Spanish History; 2 Tourism and International Engagement, 1945-1957; 3 From Nationalist Propaganda to Consumer Diplomacy; 4 Breakthrough, 1957-1962; 5 Tourism and the Politics of Development, 1962-1969; 6 Touristic Consciousness; 7 Disillusionment and Reorientation; Conclusion: Tourism and the European Challenge; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing.