Main entry:

Soane, John V. N.

Title & Author:

Fashionable resort regions : their evolution and transformation with particular reference to Bournemouth, Nice, Los Angeles, and Wiesbaden / by John V.N. Soane.

Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International, 1993.

Description:

xvi, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-318) and index.
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Setting for Bourgeois Industrial Gentility -- The Moral Values of Mid-nineteenth Century Capitalism -- The Later Nineteenth Century Revolution in Living Standards -- The Place of Resorts in Mature Urban Societies -- The Role of Fashionable Resorts -- 2. First Beginnings at Bournemouth and Nice before 1870 -- The Origins of Maritime Watering Places -- The Creation of the Picturesque -- The Consolidation of Villa-Parkscape/Maritime Estates -- The Evolution of Maritime Villa Resorts in England -- The Awakening of the Cote d'Azur -- The Wider Significance of the Villa of the Picturesque -- 3. The Growth of Bournemouth, Nice and Resorts in Southern California, 1870-1914 -- The Impact of Climate and Topography -- The Demographic Structure -- The Creation of Resort Tourist Facilities -- The Convergence of Leisure and Urban Lifestyles -- 4. The New Townscapes of Bournemouth, Nice and the County of Los Angeles, 1870-1914 -- General Environmental Priorities and Considerations -- The Creation of the New Resort Environment -- The Achievement of an Environmental Equilibrium -- 5. Building Operations at Bournemouth, Nice and Los Angeles, 1870-1914 -- Basic Considerations -- Speculation at Nice under the Third Republic -- The Expansion of Bournemouth after 1880 -- The Great Boom in Southern California -- Regulated Entrepreneurship after 1890 -- 6. The Development of a Civic Tradition at Bournemouth, Nice and the County of Los Angeles, 1870-1914 -- The Conditions for Municipal Enterprise -- The Growth of Civic Responsibility at Bournemouth and Nice -- The Convergence of Municipal Policies at Bournemouth and Nice -- The Evolution of Progressive Civic Enterprise in the County of Los Angeles -- The Significance of Municipal Achievements at Fashionable Resorts -- 7. The Transformation of Bournemouth, Nice and the County of Los Angeles into Mature Communities, 1870-1914 -- The Social Structure of Resort Economies -- The Growth of a Service Economy -- The Evolution of the Interlocking Service/Artisanate -- The Achievement of the Socio-economic Escalator -- The Emergence of Social and Political Strife after 1890 -- The Consolidation of the Working Populations -- 8. The Significance of Wiesbaden, 1870-1914 -- The Origins of German Spas and Resorts -- The Spatial Development of Wiesbaden up to 1870 -- The General Evolution of the Resort -- The Industrial and Fiscal Structure -- The Increase of Socio-economic Strains -- Conclusion -- 9. The Inter-war Transformation of Bournemouth, Nice and the County of Los Angeles, 1918-1941 -- The Post-war Situation -- General Urban Development after 1920 -- Demographic and Social Changes -- The Transformation of the Leisure Industries -- Changing Municipal Priorities -- Political Pressures and Paradoxes -- The Beginnings of New Politico-environmental Horizons -- 10. The Evolution of Bournemouth, Nice and the County of Los Angeles, 1945-1970 -- The Post-war Social Revolution -- Keynesian Suburbanization in Greater Los Angeles -- New Planning Perspectives -- Crisis and Recovery -- 11. The Contemporary Significance and Wider Implications of Resort-industrial Regions -- New Industrial Planning and Environmental Strategies in Southern California after 1965 -- The Planning of Bournemouth, Nice and Los Angeles after 1980 -- The Meaning of Resort-industrial Regions -- References -- Appendices -- Index.

Summary:

The main purpose of this book is to demonstrate how in industrializing countries over the last 150 years, a particular type of maritime leisure resort was developed. Such resorts originally evolved to satisfy the new ethical values of the rising bourgeoisie and became a significant cultural influence in the adoption of a more amenity-oriented lifestyle for an increasing percentage of social classes. The author draws on detailed information from Bournemouth on the English South Coast, Nice in the South of France, and Los Angeles in the USA, and also discusses Wiesbaden, a German spa town, for comparative purposes. These developments subsequently had a direct bearing on the international town planning movement. They also created a wide variety of semi-skilled occupational opportunities and a post-industrial lifestyle that combined extensive leisure facilities with the development of professional service industries and infrastructures. The book makes a highly original contribution to the literature and will interest those concerned with the history of leisure and tourism, urban geography and planning.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0851988547
9780851988542

Subject:

Resorts History Case studies.
Health resorts History Case studies.
Cities and towns Growth Case studies.
Resorts.
Resorts History.
Health resorts.
Seaside resorts.
Lieux de villégiature.
Lieux de villégiature Histoire.
Lieux de villégiature Histoire Études de cas.
Villes Croissance Études de cas.
resorts.
Cities and towns Growth.
Recreatiegebieden.
Regionale ontwikkeling.
Villes Histoire.
Stations climatiques Histoire.
Europe de l'Ouest.
Towns History
Western Europe

Form/genre:

Case studies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 81596
Call No.: ID HT113.S6; ID:95-B2732
Status: Available