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Beschreibung

A concise illustrated history of the origin and rise of tourism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The word 'tourist', and the modern tourism industry itself, was a product of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Thomas Cook, the founding father of the industry, was instrumental in opening up the world to sightseers, inventing and popularising the package tour along the way; and as transport became easier and prices fell the activity became available for more and more people.

Photographers were quick to capitalise on the phenomenon, making available a rich assortment of visual mementoes at every stop along the way, and as photography developed they were largely displaced by the amateur photographer and picture postcard.

Through a rich collection of Victorian and Edwardian images, this book explores the growth of tourism from the 1840s until the outbreak of the First World War.

A concise illustrated history of the origin and rise of tourism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The word 'tourist', and the modern tourism industry itself, was a product of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Thomas Cook, the founding father of the industry, was instrumental in opening up the world to sightseers, inventing and popularising the package tour along the way; and as transport became easier and prices fell the activity became available for more and more people.

Photographers were quick to capitalise on the phenomenon, making available a rich assortment of visual mementoes at every stop along the way, and as photography developed they were largely displaced by the amateur photographer and picture postcard.

Through a rich collection of Victorian and Edwardian images, this book explores the growth of tourism from the 1840s until the outbreak of the First World War.

Über den Autor
John Hannavy is a well-known writer, photographer, and photographic historian. He was formerly Professor in Art & Design at the University of Bolton, and is now an independent researcher and writer focusing on Victorian and Edwardian life. He has written five books for Shire, including Britain's Working Coast in Victorian and Edwardian Times.
Zusammenfassung
A concise illustrated history of the origin and rise of tourism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface / Travelling in Time / Thomas Cook's Tours / The Ubiquitous Guidebook / David Macbrayne's Royal Routes / Exploring the English Lakes / 'On the Continong' / Mementoes of an Italian Tour / Taking the Grand tour of Egypt / Touring with a Camera / Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Shire Library
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780747811534
ISBN-10: 0747811539
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hannavy, John
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Shire Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 208 x 146 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: John Hannavy
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.07.2012
Gewicht: 0,274 kg
Artikel-ID: 133588756

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