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Tourism and Dictatorship : Europe's Peaceful Invasion of Franco's Spain / by S. Pack.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pack, Sasha D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- History, Modern.
- International relations.
- Sociology.
- World politics.
- World history.
- European History.
- Modern History.
- International Relations.
- Political History.
- World History, Global and Transnational History.
- Local Subjects:
- European History.
- Modern History.
- International Relations.
- Sociology.
- Political History.
- World History, Global and Transnational History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611360917
- 9781281360915
- 1281360910
- 9780230601161
- 0230601162
- OCLC:
- 314889117
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