Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel

Informationen zum Autor Kevin J. James is Professor of History at the University of Guelph, Canada, and founder of the Tourism History Working Group. His publications include Tourism, Land, and Landscape in Ireland: The Commodification of Culture (New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2014) and Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel (Bristol: Channel View Publications, 2018). Klappentext This book surveys current writing on the history of the modern hotel, focusing on areas of timely scholarly enquiry. It presents case studies, including the hotel in wartime and as a terrorist target, and critically engages with innovative scholarship that explores the relationship of the hotel to wider narratives of Western modernity. Zusammenfassung This book surveys current writing on the history of the modern hotel! focusing on areas of timely scholarly enquiry. It presents case studies! including the hotel in wartime and as a terrorist target! and critically engages with innovative scholarship that explores the relationship of the hotel to wider narratives of Western modernity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kevin J James, Kevin J. James
• Editore: Multilingual Matters
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781845416591
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-659-1
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 213 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Tourism and Cultural Change; Tourism and Cultural Change
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura