Power and Politics at the English Seaside
The Development of Devon's Resorts in the Twentieth Century
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-85989-572-9 (ISBN)
Description
The seaside is the 20th century's pre-eminent global tourism site and this work examines political and power relations in modern seaside resort development. As an historical study of seaside tourism in Devon - England's most popular domestic holiday desitination - it reveals the complex interplay between ideology, class and power and the comsumption of landscape and place. Drawing on local, regional and national sources and bringing together approaches from history, sociology, geography and cultural studies, the book addresses the seaside holiday as an historical and sociological phenomenon. It locates seaside tourism within the wider leisure experience and suggests that the seaside manifests and reinforces the wider social, economic and political power relations which shape society.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Exter
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 b&w photographs, 5 maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85989-572-9 (9780859895729)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Tourism, power and the historical perspective; the British seaside in the 20th century; resorts, communities and social tone in Devon; creating the seaside image; planning resort entertainment; power and politics at the seaside.