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Bavarian Tourism and the Modern World, 1800–1950
Adam T. Rosenbaum
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hardcover. This book examines the connections between Bavarian tourism and the turbulent experience of German modernity for Germans and foreign tourists. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KNSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the tourism industry of Bavaria consistently promoted an image of 'grounded modernity'. This romanticized version of the present reconciled continuity with change, tradition with progress, and nature with science. In an era of rapid and unprecedented change, simultaneously nostalgic and progressive grounded modernity produced an illusion of continuity. It helped make the experience of modernity more tangible by linking impersonal and abstract ideas, like national identity, with familiar experiences and concrete sights. Bavarian Tourism and the Modern World, 1800–1950 examines the connections between Bavarian tourism and the turbulent experience of German modernity ... Read more
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the tourism industry of Bavaria consistently promoted an image of 'grounded modernity'. This romanticized version of the present reconciled continuity with change, tradition with progress, and nature with science. In an era of rapid and unprecedented change, simultaneously nostalgic and progressive grounded modernity produced an illusion of continuity. It helped make the experience of modernity more tangible by linking impersonal and abstract ideas, like national identity, with familiar experiences and concrete sights. Bavarian Tourism and the Modern World, 1800–1950 examines the connections between Bavarian tourism and the turbulent experience of German modernity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Publications of the German Historical Institute
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107111950
SKU
V9781107111950
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About Adam T. Rosenbaum
Adam T. Rosenbaum is an Assistant Professor of History at Colorado Mesa University, where he teaches courses on European and Asian history.
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