Religious Tourism and the Italian Economy, 1870—1950
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-94323-2 (ISBN)
This book addresses a little-studied area of the history of tourism, religious tourism, and pilgrimage and introduces a comprehensive economic analysis of their development from elite pursuits to a mass phenomenon. Focusing on Rome, Lourdes, and the Holy Land as destinations, the book showcases religious tourism as a key precursory factor in mass tourism in Italy and Europe. Departing from conventional historiographical timeframes, the authors demonstrate that the surge in tourism during the Italian economic miracle did not arise ex novo at that time but was part of a longer process of transformation originating prior to the Second World War. Diverse factors are discussed such as the social and economic role of the Catholic Church, its relationship to tourism, revolutions in transport technologies, rising wages, and increasing leisure time. Key questions are explored regarding religious travel (who, when, how) and how it gained momentum in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sources, many from the Vatican Archives, the book uncovers new religious, social, and cross-cultural perspectives and contexts for studying the economic history of tourism.
Riccardo Semeraro is a Research Fellow in Economic History at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Brescia, Italy). He has a Ph.D. in Economics and Management from the University of Verona (Italy) and he has been a visiting scholar at the University of Alicante (Spain). His main research interests are business, financial, and tourism history; in particular, he focuses on economic resilience, church finance, and mass tourism.
Luciano Maffi is lecturer in Economic and Global History at the University of Parma (Italy). He also teaches Economic History at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. He was previously a Lecturer at the University of Salento and be fore that a research fellow at Bocconi University in Milano, at the University of Genoa and at the University of Brescia. In 2014-2015, he was a visiting researcher at Blackfriars Hall (Oxford University). His main research interests are economic, financial and social history, with particular attention to private banking.
Giovanni Gregorini is full Professor of Economic History and head of the Department of History and Philology at Catholic University of Milan where he teaches Economic History and Business History. His research interests, as well as his main publications, concern public finance in the XVII century State of Milan, the history of the Lombard banking and finance sector between the XIX and XX century, the Italian and European economic history in the second half of the XX century. He has edited the proceedings of several national and international congresses, as well as many publications about the development of local systems, regarding in particular the area of Brescia and Bergamo. For some years he has also been studying the economic and financial history of Italian charities and religious congregations.
Chapter 1. Tourism and Catholic Pilgrimages.- Chapter 2. Economic Development, the Catholic Church, and Tourism in Late Modern and Contemporary Italy.- Chapter 3. The Foundations of Modern Italian Pilgrimages, 1870 1950.- Chapter 4. The Holy Land: Journey to the Roots, 1870 1939.- Chapter 5. Lourdes: A New Pilgrimage, 1870 1950.- Chapter 6. Rome: Pilgrims as Jubilee Tourists, 1870 1939.- Chapter 7. Rome: The Eternal City as an International Capital, 1950.- Chapter 8. Conclusions.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Palgrave Studies in Economic History |
| Zusatzinfo | XVI, 249 p. 14 illus., 13 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Schlagworte | Catholicism • Catholic pilgrimages • economic effects of pilgrimages • Economic History • History of Christianity • history of pilgrimages • Italian economic development • Italian History • pilgrimage to Rome • Social History • tourism history |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-94323-6 / 3031943236 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-94323-2 / 9783031943232 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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