"Finally, a long overdue marriage of history and tourism studies! In these well-researched essays by the best scholars in their specialties, readers will find how tourists and their destinations shaped each other and how the tourist experience impacted broader society. A must for both historians and tourism specialists." Gary Cross, Distinguished Professor of Modern History, Penn State University"
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Biographical note
John K. Walton is Professor of Social History at the University of Central Lancashire, and founding president of the International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism. He has published widely on British, Spanish and comparative history, with a special interest in the history of seaside resorts, tourism and regional identities. His books include The English Seaside Resort: A Social History, 1750-1914 (Leicester, 1983), Blackpool (Edinburgh, 1998); The British Seaside: holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century (Manchester, 2000); and (with Professor Gary Cross) The Playful Crowd (New York, forthcoming 2005).