British and the Grand Tour (Routledge Revivals)
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Adam Walker
aristocratic social customs
Arthur Young
austrian
Austrian Netherlands
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Barren
British Tourists
Canal Du Midi
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Classical Grand Tour
cultural exchange history
educational journeys Europe
eighteenth century travel
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Essex
European elite education
francis
George III
Gloucester
Grand Tour
Henry Fox
historical tourism studies
Montagu
netherlands
Os
Palais Royal
pelham
philip
robert
Secretary Of State
Sir William Young
Superb
thomas
Thomas Brand
tourists
united
United Provinces
upper class cosmopolitanism
War Of The Polish Succession
wharton
Wild Ducks
William Drake
William Young
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415609821
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 1985, this is a history of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the eighteenth century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany. Rather than being another popular treatment of the theme, this is a scholarly analysis of the motives, purposes, activities and achievements of those who made the Grand Tour.
The book considers to what extent the Grand Tour did fulfil its theoretical educational function, or whether travellers merely parroted the observations of their guidebooks. It also indicates the importance of the Grand Tour in introducing foreign customs into Britain and extending the cosmopolitanism of the European upper classes.
