A Happy Holiday: English Canadians and Transatlantic Tourism, 1870-1930

by Cecilia Morgan

One of the most revealing things about national character is the way that citizens react to and report on their travels abroad. Oftentimes a tourist's experience with a foreign place says as much about their country of origin as it does about their destination. A Happy Holiday examines the travels of English-speaking Canadian men and women to Britain and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It describes the experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802095186
• ISBN13: 9780802095183
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.9"