Power and Politics at the Seaside: The Development of Devon's Resorts in the Twentieth CenturyThe seaside is the twentieth century's pre-eminent global tourism site and this is the first book of its kind to examine political and power relations in modern seaside resort development. As an historical study of seaside tourism in Devon-England's most popular domestic holiday destination-it reveals the complex interplay between ideology, class and power and the consumption of landscape and place. Drawing on rich local, regional and national sources and bringing together approaches from history, sociology, geography and cultural studies, the book addresses the seaside holiday as an historical and sociological phenomenon. It locates seaside tourism within the wider leisure experience and suggests that the seaside manifests and reinforces the wider social, economic and political power relations which shape society. |
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... Creating the Seaside Image 6 Planning Resort Entertainment 7 Power and Politics at the Seaside Notes Bibliography Index vi vii viii ix 1 10 31 62 100 142 179 191 219 237 Figures 4.1 Ilfracombe Charabanc Trip , 1919 4.2 Ilfracombe Pavilion.
... Creating the Seaside Image 6 Planning Resort Entertainment 7 Power and Politics at the Seaside Notes Bibliography Index vi vii viii ix 1 10 31 62 100 142 179 191 219 237 Figures 4.1 Ilfracombe Charabanc Trip , 1919 4.2 Ilfracombe Pavilion.
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... Ilfracombe Charabanc Trip , 1919 4.2 Ilfracombe Pavilion , c . 1890 73 83 4.3 Ilfracombe Town and Harbour , c . 1900 93 5.1 The 1928 Torquay Guide Cover 116 5.2 The 1960 Torquay Guide Cover 133 5.3 The 1968 Torbay Guide Cover 135 5.4 ...
... Ilfracombe Charabanc Trip , 1919 4.2 Ilfracombe Pavilion , c . 1890 73 83 4.3 Ilfracombe Town and Harbour , c . 1900 93 5.1 The 1928 Torquay Guide Cover 116 5.2 The 1960 Torquay Guide Cover 133 5.3 The 1968 Torbay Guide Cover 135 5.4 ...
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... 1911-1931 119 6.1 Entertainment Facilities in Torquay and Ilfracombe , 1910-1939 147 7.1 Resorts Forming the Core of the British Seaside Industry in the 1990s 184 Maps 3.1 Key Twentieth - Century British Seaside Resorts 4.1 vii.
... 1911-1931 119 6.1 Entertainment Facilities in Torquay and Ilfracombe , 1910-1939 147 7.1 Resorts Forming the Core of the British Seaside Industry in the 1990s 184 Maps 3.1 Key Twentieth - Century British Seaside Resorts 4.1 vii.
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