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Victorians and Edwardians abroad : the beginning of the modern holiday / Neil Matthews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matthews, Neil, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Great Britain.
- Polytechnic Touring Association (Firm)--History.
- Polytechnic Touring Association (Firm).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, [England] : Pen & Sword History, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Reveals a story never told before: the early years of one of Britain's leading modern travel agencies, the Polytechnic Touring Association (PTA). Created in 1888 within Britain's first polytechnic, the PTA was an emblem of the era. It served a growing mass of middle-class and lower middle-class consumers, who found for the first time that they had the time and money to take extended holidays, often abroad. This book explains the creation of the Polytechnic and the PTA, charting the expansion of the travel agency into continental Europe and beyond. Victorians & Edwardians abroad uncovers the recollections of those who went on 'Poly holidays' before 1914: how they experienced the journeys, what they did when they reached their destinations and what they thought holidays should be about. For all the serious strictures from their social 'betters' about the educational and 'improving' aspects of travel, PTA holidaymakers enjoyed themselves: liberating pork pies from train carriages, annoying foreign policement and even beating the German Emperor to the last horses in town. Letters, articles and diaries of Poly holidays reveal a penchant for fun, even naughtiness, not often associated with the Victorians and Edwardians. Also included are a selection of postcards, photographs and promotional items from the PTA Archive held at the University of Westminster"--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 27, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781473886278
- 1473886279
- 9781473886261
- 1473886260
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