{"product_id":"vacationing-in-dictatorships-international-tourism-in-socialist-romania-and-francos-spain-hardback-9781501778506","title":"Vacationing in Dictatorships; International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco's Spain (Hardback) 9781501778506","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVacationing in Dictatorships\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInternational Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco's Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdelina Stefan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501778506\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 11 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVacationing in Dictatorships \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexamines the political effects of international tourism in socialist Romania and Francoist Spain in the postwar era. \u003c\/b\u003eDespite sharp economic and political differences between the two dictatorial regimes at the start of the Cold War, significant similarities existed as both states took advantage of international tourism to improve their image abroad and pursued processes of economic modernization to acquire hard currencies. By the end of the 1970s though, the two countries achieved rather different results in terms of tourism development, despite the fact that both shared many features in the 1940s and 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy comparing the rise and evolution of international tourism on different sides of the Iron Curtain, Adelina Stefan provides a different assessment of the geopolitics of postwar Europe that further refines the Cold War's geographies separating Eastern and Western Europe. As a result, \u003ci\u003eVacationing in Dictatorships \u003c\/i\u003ereveals a new perspective on the Cold War that reveals not only the developmental similarities between Eastern and Southern Europe but also the ideological struggle that pitted socialist East against capitalist West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Francoist Spainin the 1950s\u003cbr\u003e The 1960s and the \"invention\" of mass-tourism in two Europeanperipheries\u003cbr\u003e Re-mapping of Tourist Geographies in the 1970s\u003cbr\u003e International Tourism and Changing Patterns of Everyday Life untilthe 1980s\u003cbr\u003e Foreign Tourists and Underground Consumption Practices\u003cbr\u003e Beach tourism on the Black Sea Coast and Costa del Sol\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610535063832,"sku":"9781501778506","price":86.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vacationing-in-dictatorships-international-tourism-in-socialist-romania-and-francos-spain-hardback-9781501778506","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}