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Hotel

Name: Hotel
ISBN: 9780300149999

An American History

David B. Ruderman,

English
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eBook - PDF

Hotel

An American History

David B. Ruderman,

About this book

A spellbinding look at the bustling and colorful world of the hotel, from colonial days to the twentieth century

When George Washington embarked on his presidential tours of 1789–91, the rudimentary inns and taverns of the day suddenly seemed dismally inadequate. But within a decade, Americans had built the first hotels—large and elegant structures that boasted private bedchambers and grand public ballrooms. This book recounts the enthralling history of the hotel in America—a saga in which politicians and prostitutes, tourists and tramps, conventioneers and confidence men, celebrities and salesmen all rub elbows. Hotel explores why the hotel was invented, how its architecture developed, and the many ways it influenced the course of United States history. The volume also presents a beautiful collection of more than 120 illustrations, many in full color, of hotel life in every era.

A. K. Sandoval-Strausz is associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico.

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