Histories of Tourism

John K. Walton is Professor of Social History at the University of Central Lancashire, and founding president of the International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism. He has published widely on British, Spanish and comparative history, with a special interest in the history of seaside resorts, tourism and regional identities. His books include The English Seaside Resort: A Social History, 1750-1914 (Leicester, 1983), Blackpool (Edinburgh, 1998); The British Seaside: holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century (Manchester, 2000); and (with Professor Gary Cross) The Playful Crowd (New York, forthcoming 2005).

"Finally, a long overdue marriage of history and tourism studies! In these well-researched essays by the best scholars in their specialties, readers will find how tourists and their destinations shaped each other and how the tourist experience impacted broader society. A must for both historians and tourism specialists." Gary Cross, Distinguished Professor of Modern History, Penn State University"

• The ContributorsJohn K. Walton: Introduction1 John M. MacKenzie: Empires of Travel: British Guide Books and Cultural Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries2 Jill Steward: ‘How and Where To Go’: The Role of Travel Journalism in Britain and the Evolution of Foreign Tourism, 1840–19143 John Beckerson and John K. Walton: Selling Air: Marketing the Intangible at British Resorts4 Loykie Lomine: Tourism in Augustan Society (44 BC–AD 69)5 Carlos Larrinaga: A Century of Tourism in Northern Spain: The Development of High-quality Provision between 1815 and 19146 Yorimitsu Hashimoto: Japanese Tea Party: Representations of Victorian Paradise and Playground in The Geisha (1896)7 Shelley Baranowski: Radical Nationalism in an International Context: Strength through Joy and the Paradoxes of Nazi Tourism8 Kristin Semmens: ‘Travel in Merry Germany’: Tourism in the Third Reich9 Corinna Peniston-Bird: Coffee, Klimt and Climbing: Constructing an Austrian National Identity in Tourist Literature 1918–3810 John K. Walton: Paradise Lost and Found: Tourists and Expatriates in El Terreno, Palma de Mallorca, from the 1920s to the 1950s11 Helen Pussard: ‘50 Places Rolled into 1’: The Development of Domestic Tourism at Pleasure Grounds in Inter-war England12 Laura Chase: Public Beaches and Private Beach Huts: A Case Study of Inter-war Clacton and Frinton, Essex13 Clifford O’Neill: ‘The Most Magical Corner of England’: Tourism, Preservation and the Development of the Lake District, 1919–39