Enacting Brittany : tourism and culture in provincial France, 1871-1939 /

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Author / Creator:Young, Patrick, 1967-
Imprint:Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142728
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ISBN:9780754696568
0754696561
9780754669265
0754669262
1317144066
9781317144069
1315579421
9781315579429
1283572656
9781283572651
9786613885104
661388510X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Efforts to preserve, display and promote Breton cultural differences in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries marked a significant advance in heritage tourism, and a departure from what is commonly perceived to be a French intolerance of cultural diversity within its borders. This book explores the means by which key actors - middle class associations, businesses, governmental bodies, cultural intermediaries - pursued tourist development in the region and the effect this had on Breton cultural identification. Beyond those interested in the history of French tourism, this study will.
Other form:Print version: Young, Patrick, 1967- Enacting Brittany. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012 9780754669265