Jeremy Black

The British and the Grand Tour (Routledge Revivals) (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1985, this is a history of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the eighteenth century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany. Rather than being another popular treatment of the theme, this is a scholarly analysis of the motives, purposes, activities and achievements of those who made the Grand Tour.

The book considers to what extent the Grand Tour did fulfil its theoretical educational function, or whether travellers merely parroted the observations of their guidebooks. It also indicates the importance of the Grand Tour in introducing foreign customs into Britain and extending the cosmopolitanism of the European upper classes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136836374
• Artikelnr.: 43821094

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Black

Inhaltsangabe

1. Numbers
Routes and Destinations  2. Transport  3. Accomodation
Food and Drink  4. War
Disputes
Accidents and Crime 5. Love
Sex
Gambling and Drinking  6. Health and Death  7. Cost and Finance  8. Social and Political Reflections  9. Religion  10. The Arts  11. The Debate over the Grand Tour: Conclusions