| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 180 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Overlooked Space; Part One: The Realm of Imagination; Chapter One: The Pictorial Hotel; Chapter Two: The Cinematic Hotel; Part Two: The Built Environment; Chapter Three: The Wartime Hotel; Chapter Four: The Displacement Hotel; Conclusion: The Hotel Attraction; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
The Hotel: Occupied Space explores the hotel as both symbol and space through the concept of "occupancy." By examining how it manifests in art, photography, and film as well as its uses during wartime and as a sanctuary for displaced people, this book offers a timely critique of a crucial modern space. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hotels -- Social aspects.
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Hotels -- Social aspects. |
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Hotels. |
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Hotels -- History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Small Business. |
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History. |
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ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davidson, Robert A. Hotel. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018] 1442641851 (OCoLC)1026340025 |
| ISBN |
9781442690028 (electronic book) |
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144269002X (electronic book) |
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1442641851 |
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9781442641853 |
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9781442610941 |
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1442610948 |
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