German Travel Cultures (Paperback)

Rudy Koshar

ISBN 10: 1859734510 / ISBN 13: 9781859734513

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2000

About this Item

Paperback. 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. Travel guides are a part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany produced the international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker. This work discusses the history of tourist guides over the past two centuries. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: German Travel Cultures (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859734510
• ISBN 13: 9781859734513
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Rudy Koshar DAAD Professor of German and European Studies,University of Wisconsin at Madison