Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 272 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781350049031
Series Statement:
Leisure, consumption, and culture
Content:
The Pleasure of taking the waters / Susan C. Anderson -- Fashionable spa towns in nineteenth-century Europe / David Blackbourn -- The Culture of the water cure in nineteenth-century Austria, 1800-1914 / Jill Steward -- The Waters of San Sebastián: therapy, health, pleasure and identity, 1840-1936 / John K. Walton -- The Thrill of frozen water: class, gender and ice-skating in the Netherlands, 1600-1900 / Jan Hein Furnee --
Content:
This text addresses how using water for relaxation intersects with ideas about class, gender, nationality and consumption. It explores the ways Europeans have turned to water for pleasure, relaxation and profit over the last 200 years
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1859735355
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781859735350
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1859735401
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781859735404
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350049031
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