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English Tourists In The Georgian Period: A Cultural And Leisure Pursuit, Whitney Metcalf, Amanda Jeffs, Karina Jackson, Susan Rugh
English Tourists In The Georgian Period: A Cultural And Leisure Pursuit, Whitney Metcalf, Amanda Jeffs, Karina Jackson, Susan Rugh
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During the Georgian period (1714-1830), the upper-middle class joined the aristocracy in the world of travel and vacation. The wealthy merchant class began vacationing to new fashionable resort towns such as Bath. The authors of the time popularized the English countryside in their writings for England’s new vacationers as well. Furthermore, the aristocracy began reaching outside of England to the Continent for trips of art, culture, and intellectual stimulation. The Georgian period, in essence, introduced the upper-middle class to leisure vacations, made the English countryside fashionable for tourists, and broadened the reach of the aristocratic vacation to continental Europe’s rich …