
On Holiday
A History of Vacationing
Orvar Loefgren(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 27. October 1999
Book
Hardback
334 pages
978-0-520-21767-6 (ISBN)
Description
When it comes to holidays, some talk about "seeing the world", others about "getting away from it all". These two basic philosophies of travel are elaborated in this investigation of "elsewhereness" as a human pursuit. Whether we set out in search of a mountainscape that will take our breath away, artifacts of the past to enrich our minds, the purest sand on the most unspoiled beach, or a summer place to know and cherish, we follow inner itineraries as time-honoured and various as the routes we take. Beginning his cultural journey among some 18th-century pioneers of tourism, Lofgren takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of "learning to be a tourist" have shaped our own ways of vacationing. We see how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images (written, drawn, painted, and later photographed) teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. The means of travel have bred their own expectations and rewards. Faster and more affordable tranportation, besides permitting more than a small elite to go "on holiday", has led to the package tour and the globalization of tourism.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
33 black-and-white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-21767-6 (9780520217676)
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Person
Orvar Loefgren, Professor of European Ethnology at the University of Lund, Sweden, has written a dozen books. His best-known work is also in English: Culture Builders: A Historical Anthropology of Middle-Class Life (with Jonas Frykman, 1987).
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: LANDSCAPES AND MINDSCAPES
Looking for Sights
On the Move
Telling Stories
PART TWO: GETAWAYS
Cottage Cultures
The Mediterranean in the Age of the Package Tour
PART THREE: BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL
The Global Beach
Resort Ruins
Looking for Tourists
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: LANDSCAPES AND MINDSCAPES
Looking for Sights
On the Move
Telling Stories
PART TWO: GETAWAYS
Cottage Cultures
The Mediterranean in the Age of the Package Tour
PART THREE: BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL
The Global Beach
Resort Ruins
Looking for Tourists
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index