Kevin J. James

Broschiertes Buch

Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel

Beschreibung

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.

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).

Produktdetails

• Tourism and Cultural Change
• Verlag: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781845416591
• ISBN-10: 1845416597
• Artikelnr.: 52020687