Pack Tourism and Dictatorship

Europe's Peaceful Invasion of Franco's Spain
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-60116-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 273 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Palgrave History Collection

Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pack, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Travel and Tourism in Spanish History Tourism and International Engagement, 1945-1957 Building a Mass Tourism Industry, 1945-1957 Breakthrough, 1957-1962 Tourism and the Politics of Development, 1962-1969 Touristic Consciousness Disillusionment and Reorientation Conclusion: Tourism and the European Challenge

Über Autor(innen)

SASHA D. PACK is Assistant Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, USA, where he teaches courses in Modern European and World History.