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Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)
Hotel Dreams Luxury Technology and Urban Ambition in America 18291929 - Studies in Industry and Society
Author: Molly W. Berger
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801899874
ISBN-10: 0801899877
Publication Date: 4/28/2011
Pages: 328
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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