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B019349 - ECONOMIC HISTORY OF TOURISM
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Academic Year 2013-14
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Statistics, IT and its applications "G. Parenti" (DISIA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
SECS-P/12 - ECONOMIC HISTORY
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
54
Teaching Term
16/09/2013 ⇒ 06/12/2013
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
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Teaching Language
English
Course Content
The development of tourism from the origins to the present day. Tourism phenomena will be analysed both from the point of view of the traveller and from the point of view of the host community. Emphasis will be placed on infrastrucures and on the related public policies.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Europe at the seaside. The economic history of mass tourism in the Mediterranean, ed. by L. Segreto-C. Manera-M. Pohl, New York-Oxford, 2009
K.D. O’Gorman, The Origins of Hospitality and Tourism, Oxford, 2010, pp. 39-145
H. Berghoff, From Privilege to Commodity? Modern Tourism and the Rise of the Consumer Society, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 159-179
H. Berghoff-B. Korte, Britain and the Making of Modern Tourism. An Interdisciplinary Approach, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 1-20
J. Black, The Grand Tour, in Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Proceedings of the Conference of the Instituto Datini (Prato, 18-23 April 1994), ed. by S. Cavaciocchi, Florence, 1995, pp. 863-873
P. Burke, The Invention of Leisure in Early Modern Europe, in Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Proceedings of the Conference of the Instituto Datini (Prato, 18-23 April 1994), ed. by S. Cavaciocchi, Florence, 1995, pp. 17-27
A. Maczak, An Expensive Leisure: Travelling in Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, in Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Proceedings of the Conference of the Instituto Datini (Prato, 18-23 April 1994), ed. by S. Cavaciocchi, Florence, 1995, pp. 765-787
D. Marson, From Mass Tourism to Niche Tourism, in Research Themes for Tourism, ed. By P. Robinson-S. Heitmann-P.U.C. Dieke, Wallingford, 2011, pp. 1-15
J.K. Walton, British Tourism between Industrialization and Globalization. An Overview, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 109-131
S. Wright, Sun, Sea, Sand and Self-Expression. Mass Tourism as an Individual Experience, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 181-202
J. Towner, The Grand Tour: a key phase in the history of tourism, in “Annals of Tourism Research”, 12 (1985), pp. 297-333
K.D. O’Gorman, The Origins of Hospitality and Tourism, Oxford, 2010, pp. 39-145
H. Berghoff, From Privilege to Commodity? Modern Tourism and the Rise of the Consumer Society, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 159-179
H. Berghoff-B. Korte, Britain and the Making of Modern Tourism. An Interdisciplinary Approach, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 1-20
J. Black, The Grand Tour, in Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Proceedings of the Conference of the Instituto Datini (Prato, 18-23 April 1994), ed. by S. Cavaciocchi, Florence, 1995, pp. 863-873
P. Burke, The Invention of Leisure in Early Modern Europe, in Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Proceedings of the Conference of the Instituto Datini (Prato, 18-23 April 1994), ed. by S. Cavaciocchi, Florence, 1995, pp. 17-27
A. Maczak, An Expensive Leisure: Travelling in Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, in Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Proceedings of the Conference of the Instituto Datini (Prato, 18-23 April 1994), ed. by S. Cavaciocchi, Florence, 1995, pp. 765-787
D. Marson, From Mass Tourism to Niche Tourism, in Research Themes for Tourism, ed. By P. Robinson-S. Heitmann-P.U.C. Dieke, Wallingford, 2011, pp. 1-15
J.K. Walton, British Tourism between Industrialization and Globalization. An Overview, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 109-131
S. Wright, Sun, Sea, Sand and Self-Expression. Mass Tourism as an Individual Experience, in The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Experience, 1600-2000, ed. by H. Berghoff-B. Korte-R. Schneider-C. Harvie, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 181-202
J. Towner, The Grand Tour: a key phase in the history of tourism, in “Annals of Tourism Research”, 12 (1985), pp. 297-333
Learning Objectives
KNOWLEDGE: The development of tourism-related phenomena from the Antiquity to the present day
SKILLS: Capability to carry out a critical analysis of the development of economic phenomena in the long run
SKILLS: Capability to carry out a critical analysis of the development of economic phenomena in the long run
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures and discussion of students' presentations
Type of Assessment
Written exam
Course program
Introduction the economic phenomena and their development through time. Travel, travellers and the expanding world. Economic history of tourism as a new discipline. Proto-tourism. Hospitality and accommodation. Thermalism from the Antiquity to the Modern Age. The Grand Tour. Modern tourism. Destinations and tourism infrastructures. Mass tourism.