The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Martin Farr, Xavier Guégan

      Pages 1-15

3. Classes of Travel

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. British Tourists and the Beaches of Europe, from the Eighteenth Century to the 1960s

      • John K. Walton

      Pages 19-37

   3. Is Britishness Always British? Country Houses, Travel and the Cosmopolitan Identity of the British Elite in the Eighteenth Century

      • Stephanie Barczewski

      Pages 38-55

   4. Technology, Imperial Connections and Royal Tourism on the Prince of Wales’s 1875 Visit to India

      • Joe De Sapio

      Pages 56-73

4. Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. ‘On the Continong’: Britons Abroad and the ‘Business of Travel’, 1820–1914

      • Jill Steward

      Pages 77-100

   3. The ‘Alien’ European: British Accounts of Portugal and the Portuguese, 1780–1850

      • Maria Clara Paulino

      Pages 101-116

   4. The Lacunae of Heliosis: Package Holidays and the Long 1970s

      • Martin Farr

      Pages 117-136

5. The Empire…

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. British Travellers and the Invisibility of Australia’s Past, 1868–1910

      • Richard White

      Pages 139-158

   3. Securing Shanghai: British Women Artists and ‘Their’ City

      • Catherine MacKenzie

      Pages 159-175

   4. Carry On up the Nile: The Tourist Gaze and the British Experience of Egypt, 1818–1932

      • Peter Lyth

      Pages 176-193

6. …and Beyond

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. British Travel Writing and the Japanese Interior, 1854–99

      • Andrew Elliott

      Pages 197-216

   3. So Near and Yet So Far: British Tourism in Algiers, 1860–1914

      • Kenneth J. Perkins

      Pages 217-235

   4. Lost Horizons: British Travellers to Tibet and the Himalayas in the Twentieth Century

      • Tom Neuhaus

      Pages 236-253

7. Back Matter

   Pages 254-267

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This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration – and exploitation – of other lands and peoples.

• Colonial cultural history
• 20. Jahrhundert
• 20th century
• eighteenth century
• empire
• Europe

“The first volume of the collection, ‘Travellers and Tourists,’ opens with a robust introduction outlining the scholarly literature on the tradition of British travel writers reflecting back on ‘life back in Britain,’ … . contributes a unique perspective to understand the relationship between travel and British identity, delivered with insightful arguments and supported with rigorous primary research. Collectively, the chapters build on a growing literature that examines European travel or tourism as more than benign acts of observation or discovery.” (Steve Marti, H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences, h-net.org, August, 2016)

• School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, UK

  Martin Farr

• Department of History, University of Winchester, UK

  Xavier Guégan

Stephanie Barczewski, Professor, Clemson University, USA Joe De Sapio, University of Guelph, Canada Andrew Elliott, Assistant Professor, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan Peter Lyth, teaching fellow, Nottingham University Business School, UK Catherine MacKenzie, Concordia University, Canada Tom Neuhaus, University of Derby, UK Maria Clara Paulino, Assistant Professor, Winthrop University, USA Kenneth J. Perkins, Emeritus Professor, University of South Carolina, USA Jill Steward, Visiting Fellow, Newcastle University, UK John K. Walton, Ikerbrasque Research Professor, University of the Basque Country, Spain Richard White, Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Australia

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