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The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History offers a critical survey of the development of the field that unites historical scholarship along thematic lines and uses examples from diverse places to examine a wide set of tourism policies, practices, and niches in a global, transnational context.
List of contents
- The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History
- 1. Introduction
- Eric G. E. Zuelow and Kevin J. James
- Section I: Contexts and Chronologies
- 2. Experiencing Ancient Landscapes
- Grant Parker
- 3. Medieval Travel
- Kate M. Craig
- 4. Grand Tour
- Gerrit Verhoeven
- Section II: The Politics of Tourism
- 5. Gender and Tourism in the (Very) Long Nineteenth Century
- Cecilia Morgan
- 6. Tourism, Nations, and Nationalism
- Eric G. E. Zuelow
- 7. Colonial Tourism
- Eric T. Jennings
- 8. Race and Tourism
- Anthony J. Stanonis
- 9. Authoritarian Tourism
- Shelley Baranowski
- 10. Democratic Tourism
- Sune Bechmann Pedersen and Anu-Hanna Anttila
- 11. Poverty, Class, and Tourism: From Seeing Poverty to Modern Philanthropy, Social Policy, and Antipoverty Activism
- Fabian Frenzel
- 12. Tourism and the International Order after 1945
- Sasha D. Pack
- Section III: Infrastructures and Institutions
- 13. Tourism and Transport
- Jessica Lynne Pearson
- 14. Hotels and Tourism
- Kevin J. James
- 15. Tourism Alone and in Groups
- Susan Barton
- Section IV: Tourism Mediators
- 16. Tourism and Visual Culture
- Patrick Young
- 17. Writing Tourism
- Rebecca Butler
- 18. Travel Guides
- Barbara Schaff
- 19. Fashion and Tourism
- Deirdre Clemente
- Section V: Places of Tourism
- 20. Tourism and Landscape
- Christian Noack
- 21. Ecotourism
- Scott Moranda
- 22. Spas and Seaside Resorts
- Peter Borsay
- 23. Alpine Tourism: Refashioning a Model
- Jon Mathieu
- 24. Tourism Histories in Africa
- Gordon Pirie
- 25. Tourism Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Andrew Grant Wood
- 26. Hospitality and the Shaping of the Tourist(ic) in Modern Japan, 1890-1940
- Andrew Elliott
- Section VI: Tourism Typologies
- 27. Youth Tourism
- Richard Ivan Jobs
- 28. Heritage Tourism
- Alan Gordon
- 29. Nudism
- Stephen L. Harp
- 30. Urban Tourism
- Jan Hein Furnée
- 31. Culinary Tourism
- Lucy M. Long
- 32. Sports, Tourism, and History
- Robert W. Lewis
- 33. Dark Tourism as History: Dark Tourism in History
- Tony Seaton
About the author
Eric G. E. Zuelow is Professor of History at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Kevin J. James is Professor of History at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.
Summary
The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History offers a critical survey of the development of the field that unites historical scholarship along thematic lines and uses examples from diverse places to examine a wide set of tourism policies, practices, and niches in a global, transnational context.
