Travel and Tourism in Britain, 1700-1914. Volume 2. Spa tourism
Details:
- Author(s) Barton, Susan (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 416pp
- Publisher Pickering & Chatto
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Collection of contemporary texts extracted from documents, pamphlets, books, articles, etc, including guide books, medical books, etc, touching on the history of spa resorts, their development, treatments offered, etc, from 17th century. Focuses especially on Bath, Tunbridge Wells and Cheltenham. One in a set of four volumes. Intended as an easy access resource. Deals with spa activity rather than with the underlying business units