The seaside is the twentieth century's pre-eminent global tourism site and this is the first book of its kind to examine political and power relations in modern seaside resort development. As an historical study of seaside tourism in Devon-England's most popular domestic holiday destination-it reveals the complex interplay between ideology, class and power and the consumption of landscape and place. Drawing on rich 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.
| ISBN: | 9780859895712 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 1999 |
| Author: | Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 243 pages |
| Series: | Exeter Maritime Studies |
| Genres: |
Retail and wholesale industries Human geography |
The seaside is the twentieth century's pre-eminent global tourism site and this is the first book of its kind to examine political and power relations in modern seaside resort development. As an historical study of seaside tourism in Devon-England's most popular domestic holiday destination-it reveals the complex interplay between ideology, class and power and the consumption of landscape and place. Drawing on rich 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.
Power and Politics at the Seaside features in the following genres: Retail and wholesale industries, Human geography
Power and Politics at the Seaside is available in Hardback
Power and Politics at the Seaside was written by Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard and published by Liverpool University Press
Power and Politics at the Seaside has 243 pages
Yes it is part of Exeter Maritime Studies series