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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819729403321

Autore

Inglis Fred

Titolo

The delicious history of the holiday / / Fred Inglis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-78648-4

9786610281039

1-134-78649-2

1-280-28103-0

0-203-99177-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

306.48

Soggetti

Travel - History

Vacations - Social aspects - History

Tourism - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 THE PERFECT HOLIDAY; 2 THE INVENTION OF TOURISM; 3 CONFECTING SEASIDE; 4 THE MEANING OF LUXURY; 5 MAGNETIC DANGERS; 6 THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF MOBILITY; 7 THE MEDITERRANEAN; 8 FOREIGN BODIES; 9 CITY STATES; 10 FUTURES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Fred Inglis traces the rise of the holiday from its early roots in the Grand Tour, through the coming of Thomas Cook and his Blackpool packages, to sex tourism and the hippie trail to Kathmandu.