Overview

Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing.

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Author:   S. Pack
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.516kg
ISBN:  

9781403975027

ISBN 10:   1403975027
Pages:   273
Publication Date:   27 October 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Travel and Tourism in Spanish History Tourism and International Engagement, 1945-1957 Building a Mass Tourism Industry, 1945-1957 Breakthrough, 1957-1962 Tourism and the Politics of Development, 1962-1969 Touristic Consciousness Disillusionment and Reorientation Conclusion: Tourism and the European Challenge

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La invasion pacifica [Spanish title='The Peaceful Invasion'] is a thought-provoking and very well documented work by the historian Sasha D. Pack. - Sr. Rodriguez Rivero, El Pais

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SASHA D. PACK is Assistant Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, USA, where he teaches courses in Modern European and World History.

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