What factors create a successful resort? How did the rise of lavish hotels and spas reflect the changing values of American society as the nineteenth century progressed? Historians have argued that resorts were created to meet the demands of a leisured social elite. Theodore Corbett offers a fresh, compelling argument, demonstrating that resorts created and re-created themselves to keep pace with changing times. Success came with anticipating demands, not just reacting to them.Using an impressive variety of historical documents, Corbett focuses on the conditions underlying the rise and the...
What factors create a successful resort? How did the rise of lavish hotels and spas reflect the changing values of American society as the nineteenth ...
The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne s troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne s defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonies, thus ensuring American victory. But that traditional view of Saratoga overlooks the complexity of the situation on the ground. Setting the battle in its social and political context, Theodore Corbett examines Saratoga and its aftermath as part of ongoing conflicts among the...
The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne s troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio ...
