War tourism : Second World War France from defeat and occupation to the creation of heritage /

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"This book addresses the linkages between tourism and war, focusing on tourism by German personnel and French civilians during the Second World War and on postwar memory tourism"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gordon, Bertram M., 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Tourism > France > History > 20th century.
Germans > Travel > France > History > 20th century.
Dark tourism > France > History > 20th century.
Heritage tourism > France > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > France.
War and society > France > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > France > History > 20th century.
Allemands > Voyages > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Tourisme noir > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Tourisme culturel > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre et société > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mémoire collective > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Collective memory
Dark tourism
Germans > Travel
Heritage tourism
Tourism
War and society
France
Hitler, World War II France, postwar memory tourism, humanize war, Popular Front legislation of 1936.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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
  • Sites of memory and the tourist imaginary
  • Tourism, war, and memory in postwar France
  • Conclusion : tourism and appropriate remembrance.

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