Gerrit Verhoeven, (Ph.D. 2008) works at the universities of Antwerp, Ghent and Leiden and lectures in early modern history. He has published articles and books on travel and tourism; on time awareness and human capital; on the resilience of social relations; and on book history.

• INTRODUCTIONOverture‘Le mot qui manque’SourcesMethodTheoryBoundariesI. ELITE TRAVELLERSGroup PortraitBourgeois ‘dignitas’ProfessionsFortuneLifestyleAristocratic SwaggeringConclusionII. OBJECTIVESDiplomacyEducation BusinessLeisureConclusionIII. SERVANTSWorlds ApartStatus and Street CredibilityDisobedience and LoyaltyCulture and RecreationConclusionIV. OTHER TRAVELLERSIn the Margin of the Group PortraitThe Upper-Middle ClassYoung and OldFemale Travellers ConclusionHALFWAYV. CULTUREThe Perception of Art on TourConnoisseurs and Art Lovers‘Museums’ and Art CollectionsPersonal TasteConclusionVI. HISTORYThe Legacy of ClioOblivion and RecollectionLieux de MémoireHeroes of Yesteryear ConclusionVII. LANDSCAPESExperiencing Nature en RouteFamiliar GroundThe Rustic Landscape Classical Gardens Rugged NatureConclusionVIII. CONSUMPTIONOn three slices of salmon, a canary and a church pewConspicuous ConsumptionConsumer RevolutionCreative ConsumptionCosmopolitanismSocial Significance Leisure ConsumptionConclusionIX. POLITICSPropaganda and Travel BehaviourThe Image of Louis XIVFossilized FameIncense, Tapestries and InvalidsVersailles Poverty and Decay ConclusionCONCLUSIONMeerman’s Genealogy Evolving Travel BehaviourAgents of ChangeSignificanceTourism?

Gerrit Verhoeven, (Ph.D. 2008) works at the universities of Antwerp, Ghent and Leiden and lectures in early modern history. He has published articles and books on travel and tourism; on time awareness and human capital; on the resilience of social relations; and on book history.

• INTRODUCTIONOverture‘Le mot qui manque’SourcesMethodTheoryBoundariesI. ELITE TRAVELLERSGroup PortraitBourgeois ‘dignitas’ProfessionsFortuneLifestyleAristocratic SwaggeringConclusionII. OBJECTIVESDiplomacyEducation BusinessLeisureConclusionIII. SERVANTSWorlds ApartStatus and Street CredibilityDisobedience and LoyaltyCulture and RecreationConclusionIV. OTHER TRAVELLERSIn the Margin of the Group PortraitThe Upper-Middle ClassYoung and OldFemale Travellers ConclusionHALFWAYV. CULTUREThe Perception of Art on TourConnoisseurs and Art Lovers‘Museums’ and Art CollectionsPersonal TasteConclusionVI. HISTORYThe Legacy of ClioOblivion and RecollectionLieux de MémoireHeroes of Yesteryear ConclusionVII. LANDSCAPESExperiencing Nature en RouteFamiliar GroundThe Rustic Landscape Classical Gardens Rugged NatureConclusionVIII. CONSUMPTIONOn three slices of salmon, a canary and a church pewConspicuous ConsumptionConsumer RevolutionCreative ConsumptionCosmopolitanismSocial Significance Leisure ConsumptionConclusionIX. POLITICSPropaganda and Travel BehaviourThe Image of Louis XIVFossilized FameIncense, Tapestries and InvalidsVersailles Poverty and Decay ConclusionCONCLUSIONMeerman’s Genealogy Evolving Travel BehaviourAgents of ChangeSignificanceTourism?

Gerrit Verhoeven, (Ph.D. 2008) works at the universities of Antwerp, Ghent and Leiden and lectures in early modern history. He has published articles and books on travel and tourism; on time awareness and human capital; on the resilience of social relations; and on book history.

• INTRODUCTIONOverture‘Le mot qui manque’SourcesMethodTheoryBoundariesI. ELITE TRAVELLERSGroup PortraitBourgeois ‘dignitas’ProfessionsFortuneLifestyleAristocratic SwaggeringConclusionII. OBJECTIVESDiplomacyEducation BusinessLeisureConclusionIII. SERVANTSWorlds ApartStatus and Street CredibilityDisobedience and LoyaltyCulture and RecreationConclusionIV. OTHER TRAVELLERSIn the Margin of the Group PortraitThe Upper-Middle ClassYoung and OldFemale Travellers ConclusionHALFWAYV. CULTUREThe Perception of Art on TourConnoisseurs and Art Lovers‘Museums’ and Art CollectionsPersonal TasteConclusionVI. HISTORYThe Legacy of ClioOblivion and RecollectionLieux de MémoireHeroes of Yesteryear ConclusionVII. LANDSCAPESExperiencing Nature en RouteFamiliar GroundThe Rustic Landscape Classical Gardens Rugged NatureConclusionVIII. CONSUMPTIONOn three slices of salmon, a canary and a church pewConspicuous ConsumptionConsumer RevolutionCreative ConsumptionCosmopolitanismSocial Significance Leisure ConsumptionConclusionIX. POLITICSPropaganda and Travel BehaviourThe Image of Louis XIVFossilized FameIncense, Tapestries and InvalidsVersailles Poverty and Decay ConclusionCONCLUSIONMeerman’s Genealogy Evolving Travel BehaviourAgents of ChangeSignificanceTourism?