02458nam 2200505 450 991082265390332120230126213425.01-4422-2237-9(CKB)3710000000471245(EBL)4085871(SSID)ssj0001544409(PQKBManifestationID)16134699(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544409(PQKBWorkID)12470636(PQKB)10783249(MiAaPQ)EBC4085871(EXLCZ)99371000000047124520160127h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe grand spas of Central Europe a history of intrigue, politics, art, and healing /David Clay LargeLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (477 p.)Includes index.1-4422-2236-0 Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE. Spas and Spa Culture from the Greco-Roman World to the Grand Tour; CHAPTER TWO. Baden-Baden: The "Summer Capital of Europe"; CHAPTER THREE. Muses in the Waters; CHAPTER FOUR. Roulettenburg: Russian Writers at the Grand German Spas; CHAPTER FIVE. Politics on the Promenade; CHAPTER SIX. Modernization and Its Discontents; CHAPTER SEVEN. Trouble in Paradise: Spa-Town Life from World War I to the Triumph of Hitler; CHAPTER EIGHT. Brown Waters Grand Spas under the Third Reich; CHAPTER NINE. A New Beginning; EPILOGUE. The Grand Spas Today; AcknowledgmentsPrincipal Sources and Suggestions for Further ReadingIndex; About the AuthorIn this irresistible tour through the grand spas of Central Europe, noted historian David Clay Large traces their history from classical antiquity to the present. He vividly shows that they were not only centers of healing but hotbeds of artistic creation, nests of social intrigue, and gilded venues for high-level politicking.Health resortsEurope, CentralHistoryEurope, CentralSocial life and customsEurope, CentralPolitics and governmentHealth resortsHistory.613/.122094Large David Clay593461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822653903321The grand spas of Central Europe4006518UNINA