Traveling Europe Between the World Wars

Informationen zum Autor By Jeffrey N. Dupée Klappentext This book studies "armchair" travel writers who journeyed to Europe during the interwar period of 1919-1939. It focuses on travel conversations writers experienced as they sought the real Europe stripped of press reports and government propaganda. They encountered a continent where a cherished past was colliding with an ominous future. Zusammenfassung This book studies “armchair” travel writers who journeyed to Europe during the interwar period of 1919–1939. It focuses on travel conversations writers experienced as they sought the real Europe stripped of press reports and government propaganda. They encountered a continent where a cherished past was colliding with an ominous future. Inhaltsverzeichnis DedicationAcknowledgementsIntroductionMapChapter One: In the Aftermath of WarChapter Two: Idyllic Europe Chapter Three: France between the WarsChapter Four: Italy between the WarsChapter Five: Germany between the WarsChapter Six: Modes of Travel - Trains, Cars and BoatsChapter Seven: Spending on Travel - Economy FirstChapter Eight: The Coming of WarBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey N Dupee, Jeffrey N. Dupee, Dupée, Jeffrey N. Dupée
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2013
• EAN: 9780761860242
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6024-2
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Europe, European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, TRAVEL / Europe / General, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Classic Travel Writing, Armchair travel;Europe;Travel writing;World Wars