220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Our holidays lie near the heart of our emotional life, enjoyed for a fortnight, fed on imagination for eleven months of the year. What we want from our holidays tells a lot about who we are and what we wish we were. In this charming account, Fred Inglis traces the rise of the holiday from its early roots in the Grand Tour, through the coming of Thomas Cook and his Blackpool packages, to sex... Read more
1. The Perfect Holiday 2. The Invention of Tourism 3. Confecting Seaside 4. The Meaning of Luxury 5. Magnetic Dangers 6. The Industrialisation of Mobility 7. The Mediterranean 8. Foreign Bodies 9. City States 10. Futures: Virtue on vacation
Biography
Fred Inglis
'As the title and images on the cover suggest, [Fred Inglis] adopts a certain lightness of touch, eshewing dry-and-dusty historical analysis for a highly personal account through which the author's opinions are made known.' - Steve Shaw, University of North London
