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The delicious history of the holiday / Fred Inglis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Inglis, Fred.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travel--History.
- Travel.
- Vacations--Social aspects--History.
- Vacations.
- Tourism--History.
- Tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-78648-4
- 9786610281039
- 1-134-78649-2
- 1-280-28103-0
- 0-203-99177-X
- 9780203991770
- OCLC:
- 50853816
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