[PDF.52lo] Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)

Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)

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 | #2641344 in eBooks |  2011-04-08 |  2011-04-08 | File type: PDF

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Hotel History|By david l. poremba|Most people, at one point in their lives, have spent the night in rented lodgings, be it hotel, motel or cabin. Those who have been fortunate to have spent time in the larger, older hotels (almost always found in larger cities), will remember the size, style, glamour and opulence of the place.
Molly Berger takes us back to the beginnings o| ||"A rigorously researched and elegantly written study of the role of the hotel in shaping and embodying ideals of progress, luxury, and technology in a consumer capitalist society. Berger's monograph is a welcome contribution to the growing scholarly literatur

From the time they emerged in American cities in the 1820s, commercial luxury hotels were far more than places where a traveler could eat and sleep -- they were icons of style, opulence, and technological sophistication. Molly W. Berger offers a compelling history of the American hotel and how it captured the public's imagination as it came to represent the complex -- and often contentious -- relationship among luxury, economic development, and the ideals of a democratic...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)   |  Molly W. Berger. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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