German Travel Cultures (Leisure, Consumption and Culture)
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: October 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781859734469
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; History of specific subjects; Travel & holiday guides; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Sociology; Popular Culture; Theory Of Recreation; Social Science; History - General History; Germany; Sociology - General; Europe - Germany; Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism; Travel / Europe / Germany; History
Description: "Travel guidebooks are an important part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their history and importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany not only produced the first international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker, but also became a major tourist destination early in the twentieth century. This is the first comprehensive discussion of the history of tourist guidebooks for any modern nation. Selecting representative texts - the first Baedeker to unified Germany, guides to Berlin sex life and sites of Nazi martyrdom, a tour guide for the German worker and American tourbooks to West Germany - this fascinating study relates the history of tourist literature to the formation of distinct 'travel cultures' oriented to specific audiences, tastes and ideologies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.