Travel Writing and Tourism in Britain and Ireland
Travel Writing and Tourism in Britain and Ireland

Author: Benjamin Colbert

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-12-13

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0230355064

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From the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth, tourism became established as a leisure industry and travel writing as a popular genre. In this collection of essays, leading international historians and travel writing experts examine the role of home tourism in the UK and Ireland in the development of national identities and commercial culture.

A History of Modern Tourism
A History of Modern Tourism

Author: Eric Zuelow

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-10-26

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0230369669

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Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, yet leisure travel is more than just economically important. It plays a vital role in defining who we are by helping to place us in space and time. In so doing, it has aesthetic, medical, political, cultural, and social implications. However, it hasn't always been so. Tourism as we know it is a surprisingly modern thing, both a product of modernity and a force helping to shape it. A History of Modern Tourism is the first book to track the origins and evolution of this pursuit from earliest times to the present. From a new understanding of aesthetics to scientific change, from the invention of steam power to the creation of aircraft, from an elite form of education to family car trips to see national 'shrines,' this book offers a sweeping and engaging overview of a fascinating story not yet widely known.