| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 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; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
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 tourism and the hippie trail to Kathmandu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Travel -- History.
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Travel. |
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History. |
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Vacations -- Social aspects -- History.
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Vacations. |
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Social aspects. |
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Tourism -- History.
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Tourism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Inglis, Fred. Delicious history of the holiday. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 (DLC) 00032829 |
| ISBN |
020399177X (ebook) |
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9780203991770 (ebook) |
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9780415133043 |
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0415133041 |
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9780415133050 (paperback) |
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041513305X (paperback) |
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0415133041 |
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041513305X (paperback) |
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