Travel and Tourism in Britain, 1700-1914. Volume 1. Travel and destinations

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Author(s) Barton, Susan (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2014
Pages 476pp
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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Document transcriptions, etc

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Collection of contemporary texts extracted from pamphlets, books, articles, etc, including guidebooks, diaries and journals, travel handbooks, etc, touching on the use from early 18th century of newly developed or improved modes of travel - horse drawn, inland waterways, railways, bicycles, motor transport, aircraft, etc - and how these enabled new forms of leisure and leisure at new destinations. One in a set of four volumes. Intended as an easy access resource to source material. Deals with the experience rather than the underlying business units