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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gordon, Bertram M., 1945- War tourism. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 (DLC) 2018018664 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bertram M Gordon |
| ISBN: | 9781501715877 1501715879 |
| OCLC Number: | 1029442519 |
| Description: | x, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Introduction : tourism, aesthetics, and war -- The emergence of France as a tourist icon in the Belle Époque -- Two 1940 locales as sites and symbols : the Maginot Line and the Compiègne railway car -- French tourism in their occupied country -- German tourism in occupied France 1940-1944 -- The liberation, 1944 : Normandy and Paris -- Tourism and the war : Free French and resistance sites : Vichy and its discontents -- Tourism, war, and memory in France since the war -- Conclusion : aftermath and the question of appropriate remembrance : French tourism and its self-images of the Second World War to the present. |
| Responsibility: | Bertram M. Gordon. |
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"War Tourism will be an engaging read for scholars and students of war, travel and twentieth-century France... This book is a compelling reminder of the persistence of ordinary life during even the direst of wartime conditions" * French Politics, Culture & Society * "By integrating tourist behaviors, gazes, and imaginaries into the study of wartime France and its legacy, War Tourism makes a significant contribution to scholarship in several areas, most notably by demonstrating how fruitfully these areas can be combined." * H-France Review * "Gordon does not simply write an internal history of the tourist imaginary, but argues that it played an important role in the political and economic history of twentieth-century France. War Tourism is well worth the visit." * H-Diplo * "This fascinating book will undoubtedly inspire future historians to look more closely at the intersections between tourism and war in countries beyond France and beyond the Second World War." * H-Soz-Kult * "A pioneering scholar of collaborationism in wartime France, Bertram M. Gordon has produced a book that will appeal not only to scholars of modern France, but to a wider audience seeking to understand the emergence and multiple meanings of 'war tourism' in a country that has a vast and enduring attraction for international visitors." * H-War * "War Tourism is a must read for scholars of twentieth- and twenty-first century France." * Journal of Military History * "Drawing from archives, historical guidebooks, publicity posters, and site-visit statistics, Gordon has written an impressive analysis of war tourism in France during the Second World War and its aftermath. To the present day, tourism is essential to the integration of wartime events into France's cultural heritage." * The French Review * Read more...
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- Tourism -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- France.
- War and society -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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