Lethbridge, Lucy
Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves
- ISBN 13:
- 9781408856291
- author:
- Lethbridge, Lucy
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 3 x 12.8 x 12.8 centimetres (0.1
- Genre:
- Travel, Europe, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Discover how the British went abroad to find themselves in 19th and early 20th century Europe. Lucy Lethbridge's engaging history explores two centuries of tourists' experiences, from the discomfort of stagecoaches to the 'self-contained pleasure palace' of beach resorts.
The growth of popular tourism introduced new markets in guidebooks, souvenirs, cuisine and health cures, while smoothing over class differences but also exacerbating them. Lethbridge examines how tourism reflected changing attitudes to modernity, exposing deep fears, hopes and longings for home through the stories of its pioneers.
From portable cameras to postcards and suntans, this book reveals how the foreign holiday has shaped our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.
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