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Studies in Industry and Society Ser.: Hotel Dreams : Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929 by Molly W. Berger (2011, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801899877

ISBN-139780801899874

eBay Product ID (ePID)99576260

Product Key Features

Number of Pages328 Pages

Publication NameHotel Dreams : Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929

LanguageEnglish

SubjectUrban & Land Use Planning, Investments & Securities / Commodities / General, United States / 19th Century, History, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Hotels, Inns & Hostels

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTravel, Technology & Engineering, Architecture, Business & Economics, History

AuthorMolly W. Berger

SeriesStudies in Industry and Society Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight20.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2010-025988

ReviewsIn a relatively compact study, Berger has provided a rich, revealing portrayal of her subject that is likely to remain a basic source for scholars examining the history of the city no less than of the hotel itself for some years to come., [Berger's]nuanced interpretation of technology makes her work so important to design historians... Hotels have served as realms of the fantastic that permit guests to escape the everyday and enter into a world of dreams where service and splendour define new experiences. It is this dream world that Berger successfully evokes in this important book and others should follow her lead by exploring this remarkably rich topic., ""In this extensively researched and well-written study, Molly W. Berger analyzes the emergence of the American luxury hotel in the antebellum period and its continued development throughout the nineteenth century to the onset of the Great Depression."", [Berger's] nuanced interpretation of technology makes her work so important to design historians... Hotels have served as realms of the fantastic that permit guests to escape the everyday and enter into a world of dreams where service and splendour define new experiences. It is this dream world that Berger successfully evokes in this important book and others should follow her lead by exploring this remarkably rich topic., In this extensively researched and well-written study, Molly W. Berger analyzes the emergence of the American luxury hotel in the antebellum period and its continued development throughout the nineteenth century to the onset of the Great Depression., 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 literature on the history of hotels in modern America, and is a must-read for scholars of business history, the history of technology, architectural and urban history, and the history of consumer culture.

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal917.306090/34

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. The Emergence of the American First-Class Hotel, 1820s 2. The Tremont House, Boston, 1829 3. The Proliferation of Antebellum Hotels, 1830-1860 4. The Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, 1860 5. Production and Consumption in an American Palace, 1850-1875 6. The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 1875 7. The ""New"" Modern Hotel, 1880-1920 8. The Stevens Hotel, Chicago, 1927 Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Essay on Sources Index

SynopsisWinner, 2012 Sally Hacker Prize, Society for the History of Technology Hotel Dreams is a deeply researched and entertaining account of how the hotel's material world of machines and marble integrated into and shaped the society it served. 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 society. Berger profiles the country's most prestigious hotels, including Boston's 1829 Tremont, San Francisco's world-famous Palace, and Chicago's enormous Stevens. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape., From the time they emerged in American cities in the 1820s, commercial luxury hotels were far more than places where a traveler could find a place to 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 society.From New York to San Francisco and points in between, Berger profiles the country's most prestigious hotels -- including Boston's 1829 Tremont, which served as a model for luxury hotel design; San Francisco's world famous Palace, completed in 1875; and Chicago's enormous Stevens, built two years before the great crash of 1929. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape. Though America's large, luxury hotels were impressive architectural and corporate accomplishments, they were lightning rods for public debate about urban development and economic power. Inside the buildings unfolded human dramas that shaped ideas about race, gender, and class. Berger deftly explores the tension between both elite and egalitarian values that surrounded America's luxury hotels. The American hotel evolved into a 'machine for living,' soaring to skyscraper heights, defining ideas about technological innovation, and creating a unified system of production and consumption unique to the modern world. Hotel Dreams is a deeply researched and entertaining account of how the hotel's material world of machines and marble integrated into and shaped the society it served., From the time they emerged in American cities in the 1820s, commercial luxury hotels were far more than places where a traveler could find a place to 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 ......

LC Classification NumberTX909.B37 2011