Tourism in History: From Imperial Rome to the Present - Hardcover

Feifer, Maxine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812830873 ISBN 13: 9780812830873

Publisher: Stein and Day, 1986

Synopsis

Book by Feifer, Maxine

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From Publishers Weekly:

Third in the publisher's series of social histories (Sex in History; Food in History, this light, entertaining volume considers tourism at eight different periods. The ancient Romans journeyed to Greece, Troy and Egypt; though tourism was in eclipse during most of the Middle Ages, pilgrimages to the Holy Land became a mass phenomenon in the 13th and 14th centuries. The Renaissance saw wealthy Britons traveling to Italy in search of manners, and by the 18th century the Grand Tour of France, Austria, Germany and Italy had become de rigueur for cultivated Britons. The Romantics traveled in search of emotional highs, and the Victorians to learn; tourism became a business in their era. The Belle Epoque was the last gasp for the incredibly rich, who flocked to the Riviera, and the postWorld War II period brought the modern-day explosion in sightseeing. Illustrations.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

The author claims the aim of the book is "entertainment," and to this end she creates "a prototypical tourist of each epoch." The result is a hodgepodge and not particularly entertaining. Although Feifer lists enough primary and secondary sources to fill an eight-page bibliography, footnotes would have been helpful to readers wanting to pursue some of the tantalizing statements here. Authorship is given only for long, direct quotations. Chapters focus on certain time framesImperial Roman, Romantic, Victorian eras, etc. The material in the "Tourist Explosion" is particularly cynical. For Feifer, acting like a tourist is distinctly declasse. Not recommended. Paula M. Zieselman, Sarah Lawrence Coll. Lib., Bronxville, N.Y.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stein and Day
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0812830873
• ISBN 13: 9780812830873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288