Inter and Post-war Tourism in Western Europe, 1916–1960 (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)

This edited collection is a novel book with contributions from eleven expert researchers on the history of tourism in Europe. This book explores the growth of tourism in contemporary postwar Europe, especially during the periods following the First and Second World Wars and the Spanish Civil War. It reveals both the work carried out by social agents and institutions to develop tourism, and the contribution of tourism in boosting the economy and the recovery of morale in the Old Continent Its origin is the International Congress __Postguerres / Aftermaths of War__, organized by the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Barcelona, ​​in Barcelona, ​​in June 2019. In this Congress, professors Carmelo Pellejero and Marta Luque coordinated the session __Post-war and tourism in contemporary Europe__, in which all the authors of the book participated. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Carmelo Pellejero Martínez, Marta Luque Aranda)....Pages 1-5 Battlefield Tourism, from One (Post)War to the Other, France–Spain. Touring from the Great War to the Spanish Civil War (Mari Carmen Rodríguez)....Pages 7-34 War Tourism in Italy (1919–1939) (Ester Capuzzo)....Pages 35-63 Spanish Civil War and Francoism for Tourists: The History Told in Travel Books (Ivanne Galant)....Pages 65-93 Tourism Policy in Post-war Spain: The Dirección General de Turismo, 1939–1951 (Carmelo Pellejero Martínez, Marta Luque Aranda)....Pages 95-128 Tourism Advertising and Propaganda During the Postwar. The Case of Barcelona (Saida Palou, Beatriz Correyero)....Pages 129-158 Tourism as a Tool for Territorial Cohesion: The Cassa per il Mezzogiorno in Italy During the 1950s (Patrizia Battilani, Donatella Strangio)....Pages 159-175 Emigration and Cruises: The Transatlantic Shipping Companies After the Second World War (1945–1960)∗ (Gaetano Cerchiello, Annunziata Berrino)....Pages 177-205 Conclusions (Carmelo Pellejero Martínez)....Pages 207-210 Back Matter ....Pages 211-212