Perdices de Blas, Luis and Ramos Gorostiza, José Luis
Subjects
*NINETEENTH century, *TWENTIETH century, *GUIDEBOOKS, *TOURISM
Abstract
This paper analyzes the first tourists' guidebooks on Spain published between 1840 and 1930. The aim is to highlight the contrast between the socioeconomic vision of the country reflected in the foreign guidebooks aimed at the Anglo-Saxon public, where certain stereotypes maintained a notable weight, and the vision offered by the little-known Spanish guidebooks, aimed at the national tourists, which did give an account of the transformation of the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]