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The holiday makers : magazines, advertising, and mass tourism in postwar America / Richard K. Popp.

Van Pelt Library G155.U6 P68 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Popp, Richard K., 1977-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tourism--United States--History--20th century.
Tourism.
Tourism--United States--Psychological aspects.
Marketing.
Advertising--Tourism.
History.
United States.
Psychological aspects.
Advertising--Tourism--United States.
Advertising.
Tourism--United States--Marketing.
United States--Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Physical Description:
ix, 204 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
Contents:
1 The New Mobility: Travel and Leisure in Depression and War 11
2 Creating Holiday: Market Research, Play, and Magazine Reading 31
3 Selling Vacations: Tourist Travel, Free Time, and Classlessness 58
4 "This is How it Will be When You Get There" Destination Profiles and Middlebrow Geography 82
5 Casting Lures: Tourism Advertising and the Experiential Ethos 103
6 Going Off the Beaten Path: Authentic Places and the End of an Era 128.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780807142844
0807142840
9780807142868
0807142867
9780807142875
0807142875
9780807142882
0807142883
OCLC:
754389887

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