Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel / Kevin J. James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Kevin J., Author.

Series:

Tourism and cultural change ; 52.

Tourism and Cultural Change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hotels--History.

Hotels.

Hotels--Social aspects.

Hospitality industry--History.

Hospitality industry.

Hospitality industry--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages).

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book surveys current writing on the history of the modern hotel, focusing on three areas of vibrant and timely scholarly enquiry: the uniqueness of the American hotel, the contested status of the colonial and postcolonial hotel, and the hotel’s embroilment in violent conflict. It explores the hotel as an institution that incubates innovation, enables commercial relations on a variety of scales, and supplies an arena for negotiating relations of political, cultural, and economic power. The volume presents a number of case studies, including the hotel in wartime and as a terrorist target, and critically engages with innovative scholarship that links the relationship of the hotel to wider narratives of Western modernity. It is aimed at tourism studies scholars, as well as history and critical and applied tourism studies students, at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Hotel History: Interpretations and Approaches

3. The American Hotel

4. The Colonial Hotel

5. The Wartime Hotel

6. Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781845416614

1845416619

9781845416607

1845416600

OCLC:

1138545078