{"product_id":"a-happy-holiday-cecilia-morgan-9780802095183","title":"A Happy Holiday: English Canadians and Transatlantic Tourism, 1870-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most revealing things about national character is the way that citizens react to and report on their travels abroad. Oftentimes a tourist's experience with a foreign place says as much about their country of origin as it does about their destination. \u003cem\u003eA Happy Holiday\u003c\/em\u003e examines the travels of English-speaking Canadian men and women to Britain and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It describes the experiences of tourists, detailing where they went and their reactions to tourist sites, and draws attention to the centrality of culture and the sensory dimensions of overseas tourism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the specific topics explored are travellers' class relationships with people in the tourism industry, impressions of historic landscapes in Britain and Europe, descriptions of imperial spectacles and cultural sights, the use of public spaces, and encounters with fellow tourists and how such encounters either solidified or unsettled national subjectivities. Cecilia Morgan draws our attention to the important ambiguities between empire and nation, and how this relationship was dealt with by tourists in foreign lands. Based on personal letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals from across Canada, \u003cem\u003eA Happy Holiday\u003c\/em\u003e argues that overseas tourism offered people the chance to explore questions of identity during this period, a time in which issues such as gender, nation, and empire were the subject of much public debate and discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecilia Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802095186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802095183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 6.06w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009","brand":"Cecilia Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448962560255,"sku":"9780802095183","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_010b26bd-46d3-40e8-8a00-ed660d4b4905.jpg?v=1777261362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-happy-holiday-cecilia-morgan-9780802095183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}