TY - BOOK AU - James,Kevin J. TI - Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel T2 - Tourism and Cultural Change SN - 9781845416591 AV - TX908 .J358 2018 U1 - 647.9409 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Bristol, UK, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : PB - Channel View Publications, KW - Hospitality industry KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Hotels KW - HISTORY KW - Tourism industry KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism KW - bisacsh KW - America KW - Hotel KW - accommodation KW - colonialism KW - conflict zones KW - conflict KW - history of the hotel KW - history KW - modernisation KW - modernity KW - postcolonialism KW - tourism history N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgements --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Hotel History: Interpretations and Approaches --; 3. The American Hotel --; 4. The Colonial Hotel --; 5. The Wartime Hotel --; 6. Conclusion --; References --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This book surveys current writing on the history of the modern hotel, focusing on three areas of vibrant and timely scholarly enquiry: the uniqueness of the American hotel, the contested status of the colonial and postcolonial hotel, and the hotel's embroilment in violent conflict. It explores the hotel as an institution that incubates innovation, enables commercial relations on a variety of scales, and supplies an arena for negotiating relations of political, cultural, and economic power. The volume presents a number of case studies, including the hotel in wartime and as a terrorist target, and critically engages with innovative scholarship that links the relationship of the hotel to wider narratives of Western modernity. It is aimed at tourism studies scholars, as well as history and critical and applied tourism studies students, at undergraduate and graduate levels UR - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845416607 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781845416607 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781845416607.jpg ER -