German travel cultures / by Rudy Koshar (ed).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koshar, Rudy.

Series:

Leisure, consumption and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Guidebooks.

Germany.

Germany--Description and travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 234 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Berg, 2000.

Summary:

"Travel guidebooks are an important part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their history and importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany not only produced the first international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker, but also became a major tourist destination early in the twentieth century. This is the first comprehensive discussion of the history of tourist guidebooks for any modern nation. Selecting representative texts - the first Baedeker to unified Germany, guides to Berlin sex life and sites of Nazi martyrdom, a tour guide for the German worker and American tourbooks to West Germany - this fascinating study relates the history of tourist literature to the formation of distinct 'travel cultures' oriented to specific audiences, tastes and ideologies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

ISBN:

9781350050754 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.