Tourism and Dictatorship

Zusatztext "La invasión pacífica [Spanish title='The Peaceful Invasion'] is a thought-provoking and very well documented work by the historian Sasha D. Pack." - Sr. Rodríguez Rivero! El País Informationen zum Autor SASHA D. PACK is Assistant Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, USA, where he teaches courses in Modern European and World History. Klappentext Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing. Zusammenfassung Following WWII! the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Travel and Tourism in Spanish History Tourism and International Engagement, 1945-1957 Building a Mass Tourism Industry, 1945-1957 Breakthrough, 1957-1962 Tourism and the Politics of Development, 1962-1969 Touristic Consciousness Disillusionment and Reorientation Conclusion: Tourism and the European Challenge

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Introduction Travel and Tourism in Spanish History Tourism and International Engagement, 1945-1957 Building a Mass Tourism Industry, 1945-1957 Breakthrough, 1957-1962 Tourism and the Politics of Development, 1962-1969 Touristic Consciousness Disillusionment and Reorientation Conclusion: Tourism and the European Challenge

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"La invasión pacífica [Spanish title='The Peaceful Invasion'] is a thought-provoking and very well documented work by the historian Sasha D. Pack." - Sr. Rodríguez Rivero, El País

Product details

• Authors: S Pack, S. Pack, Sasha D. Pack
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2015
• EAN: 9781349535699
• ISBN: 978-1-349-53569-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; B, History, Sociology, History: specific events & topics, European History, International Relations, world history, General & world history, Political science & theory, Political History, Sociology, general, World Politics, World History, Global and Transnational History, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Europe—History, dictatorship;Europe;history;Nation;politics;Spain;tourism