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The Summer Capitals of Europe, 1814-1919 (Hardcover)
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The Summer Capitals of Europe, 1814-1919 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
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"This is an original work, meticulously researched, rich in detail,
and written in a clear and - here and there - refreshingly pungent
style. (...) I regard it as a first-rate contribution to the
diplomatic methods of the 100 years before the First World War." -
G.R. Berridge, Emeritus Professor of International Politics,
University of Leicester "Marina Soroka has made exceptional use of
Russian manuscript sources from among imperial archives and family
papers to enrich a well-grounded perspective of the European
watering place as a forum for brokering national destinies and
forging political careers." - Jonathan Keates, Times Literary
Supplement "At times captivating like a novel, The Summer Capitals
of Europe narrates the role of spas in the geopolitical set-up of
nineteenth-century Europe." - Corriere della Sera "an important and
overdue contribution" - Ben Anderson, Keele University, English
Historical Review This book is about the European health spas of
the nineteenth century: what they were, how they operated, what
life was like there and how their functions evolved to the point
where their original medicinal purpose was relegated to a secondary
place by the unintended uses of spas as stages of social and
political interactions. These popular resorts were nicknamed 'the
summer capitals of Europe' because of the tendency of nations'
governing classes to gather there. Every summer between 1814 and
1914 (and in a few cases during World War I) continental watering
places became a microcosm of cosmopolitan aristocratic Europe,
incorporating its conventions, tastes, concerns and interests. As
the nineteenth century advanced, fashionable watering stations
increasingly became associated with social bonding, matchmaking,
pleasure, career building, conspicuous consumption and diplomatic
activity that took place during the high season.
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