Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel
Seiten
2018
Channel View Publications (Verlag)
978-1-84541-659-1 (ISBN)
Channel View Publications (Verlag)
978-1-84541-659-1 (ISBN)
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.
This book surveys current writing on the history of the modern hotel, focusing on three areas of vibrant and timely scholarly enquiry: the uniqueness of the American hotel, the contested status of the colonial and postcolonial hotel, and the hotel’s embroilment in violent conflict. It explores the hotel as an institution that incubates innovation, enables commercial relations on a variety of scales, and supplies an arena for negotiating relations of political, cultural, and economic power. The volume presents a number of case studies, including the hotel in wartime and as a terrorist target, and critically engages with innovative scholarship that links the relationship of the hotel to wider narratives of Western modernity. It is aimed at tourism studies scholars, as well as history and critical and applied tourism studies students, at undergraduate and graduate levels.
This book surveys current writing on the history of the modern hotel, focusing on three areas of vibrant and timely scholarly enquiry: the uniqueness of the American hotel, the contested status of the colonial and postcolonial hotel, and the hotel’s embroilment in violent conflict. It explores the hotel as an institution that incubates innovation, enables commercial relations on a variety of scales, and supplies an arena for negotiating relations of political, cultural, and economic power. The volume presents a number of case studies, including the hotel in wartime and as a terrorist target, and critically engages with innovative scholarship that links the relationship of the hotel to wider narratives of Western modernity. It is aimed at tourism studies scholars, as well as history and critical and applied tourism studies students, at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Kevin J. James is a Professor of History at the University of Guelph, Canada. He is the Deputy Editor and Reviews Editor for the Journal of Tourism History and co-editor of the forthcoming The Oxford Handbook of the History of Tourism.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Hotel History: Interpretations and Approaches
Chapter 3. The American Hotel
Chapter 4. The Colonial Hotel
Chapter 5. The Wartime Hotel
Chapter 6. Conclusion
References
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.11.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Tourism and Cultural Change |
Verlagsort | Bristol |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 351 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84541-659-7 / 1845416597 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84541-659-1 / 9781845416591 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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