Tourism histories in Ulster and Scotland : connections and comparisons 1800-1939 / edited by Kevin J. James and Eric G. E. Zuelow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, Kevin J., editor.

Zuelow, Eric G. E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Scotland--History--19th century.

Tourism.

Tourism--Scotland--History--20th century.

Tourism--Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2013.

Summary:

This collection of essays brings together scholars of Irish and Scottish tourism history to chart a new comparative direction in research. The long-standing cultural exchanges, economic linkages, and flows of people between Ulster and Scotland included, from the nineteenth century, extensive recreational travel across the North Channel. At the same time, cities, resorts, and tourist sites in each place vied for the tourist's pound in the lucrative English market. Ulster and Scotland boasted a number of comparable sites - indeed Staffa and the Giant's Causeway were often seen as part of a sing

Contents:

""Tourism Histories in Ulster and Scotland: Connections and Comparisons 1800-1939""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyrights""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Maps of Ulster and Central Belt, Scotland and of Ireland and Great Britain""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Long View if Tourism in Scotland and Ireland: Contrasting Fortunes, 1800�1939""; ""2. A �union indefeasible�: tunnel vision in the North Channel, 1868�1901""; ""3. �Royal Deeside� and the public/private divide: nineteenth-century tourism promotion and the royal residence of Balmoral""

""4. �An air of comfort and neatness which is seldom seen in in Ireland�: the bathing resort and the promised land in Victorian Ulster""""5. The lido phenomenon: the Scottish and Ulster experience""; ""6. �The traditional peculiarities of Scottish worship�: nineteenth-century tourism and religion in Scotland""; ""Epilogue: Tourism history, the �four nations� and the Irish Sea economy""; ""Index of Names""; ""Index of Places""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-909556-15-7

1-909556-16-5

OCLC:

916953800