| A History of Modern Tourism 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Zuelow, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230369650 ISBN-13: 9780230369658 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $37.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - History | Social History - Travel |
| Dewey: 910.9 |
| LCCN: 2015027817 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, yet leisure travel is more than just economically important. It plays a vital role in defining who we are by helping to place us in space and time. In so doing, it has aesthetic, medical, political, cultural, and social implications. However, it hasn't always been so. Tourism as we know it is a surprisingly modern thing, both a product of modernity and a force helping to shape it. A History of Modern Tourism is the first book to track the origins and evolution of this pursuit from earliest times to the present. From a new understanding of aesthetics to scientific change, from the invention of steam power to the creation of aircraft, from an elite form of education to family car trips to see national 'shrines, ' this book offers a sweeping and engaging overview of a fascinating story not yet widely known |