Creating Irish Tourism - The First Century, 1750-1850

Informationen zum Autor William H. A. Williams Klappentext Based on the accounts of British and Anglo-Irish travelers, 'Creating Irish Tourism' charts the development of tourism in Ireland from its origins in the mid-eighteenth century to the country's emergence as a major European tourist destination a century later. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; PART ONE; Chapter One: Getting There and Getting About; Chapter Two: Tours Grand and Petite; Chapter Three: Property, Class and Irish Tourism; PART TWO; Chapter Four: The Sublime and the Picturesque in the Irish Landscape; Chapter Five: Picturesque Tourist Sites in Ireland; Chapter Six: The Tourist Experience; Chapter Seven: Killarney - A Case Study in the Irish Tourist Experience; PART THREE; Chapter Eight: Tourist Semeiotics, Stereotypes and the Search for the Exotic; Chapter Nine: On the Road--In Search of Ireland; Chapter Ten: The Famine and After; Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: William H. A. Williams, Williams William H. A.
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780857284075
• ISBN: 978-0-85728-407-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series; Anthem Studies in Travel; Anthem Irish Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General