Barry Island (eBook)

The Making of a Seaside Playground, c.1790–c.1965

Andy Croll (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2020
288 Seiten
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
9781786835871 (ISBN)

Infos

By the mid-twentieth century, Barry Island had become one of Britain’s most popular seaside resorts. Its history carries important lessons for historians of coastal tourism. This is the first full-length academic study of the Island’s development as a seaside resort.

Autor

The book has been written with a view to contributing to the academic study of the history of coastal tourism / seaside resorts, so academic researchers and undergraduate students will find it useful. However, it will also appeal to those interested in the history of seaside resorts generally – and Barry Island specifically.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Author’s Note
Introduction
Chapter 1‘Much Frequented During the Bathing Season’: Barry Island and Welsh Coastal Tourism, c. 1780-c. 1860
Chapter 2‘That Favourite Place’: Cardiff’s Bathing Resort, c. 1860-1877
Chapter 3Visitors ‘Mercilessly’ Turned Away: The Island Closed, 1878-1884
Chapter 4Reclaimed, 1884-c.1890
Chapter 5An ‘El Dorado Where Soft Winds Blow’: Resort Boosterism Flourishes in the 1890s
Chapter 6‘Awake ye Sluggards!’ Resort Development Flounders, c. 1900-1914
Chapter 7‘They Sweep Down on the Place and Take Possession of It’: Trippers Triumphant, c. 1890-c. 1910
Chapter 8Barry-on-Sea? The Tripper Resort Consolidated, 1914-c.1965
Conclusion
Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Andy • Barry • –c • C • croll • Island • Making • of • Playground • Seaside
• ISBN-13: 9781786835871 / 9781786835871