The rise and fall of British coastal resorts : cultural and economic perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Shaw, Gareth, Williams, Allan M.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Herndon, VA : Mansell, 1997.
Series:	Tourism, leisure, and recreation series.
Subjects:	Seaside resorts > Great Britain > History. Seaside resorts > Economic aspects > Great Britain. Seaside resorts > Social aspects > Great Britain. Tourism > Great Britain > History.

Table of Contents:

Riding the big dipper: the rise and decline of the British seaside resort in the twentieth century / Allan Williams and Gareth Shaw
The Seaside resorts of England and Wales, 1900-1950: growth, diffusion and the emergence of new forms of coastal tourism / John K. Walton
The Golden years: English seaside resorts 1950-1974 / Julian Demetriadi
Parameters and indicators of the decline of the British seaside resort / Chris Cooper
Cultural change and the seaside resort / John Urry
The Private sector: tourism entrepreneurship--a constraint or resource? / Gareth Shaw and Allan Williams
The Public sector: planning for renewal? / Sheela Agarwal.