Hotel Dreams

Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9987-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 573 g

Reihe: Studies in Industry and Society

Winner, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berger, Molly W

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
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

Über Autor(innen)

Berger, Molly W
Molly W. Berger is the associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and an instructor of history at Case Western Reserve University. She is the editor of The American Hotel, an award-winning volume in The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts series.