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The Romance of the Highlands: Perspectives on Scotland’s North in the Nineteenth Century
高地的浪漫想像：十九世紀的蘇格蘭北方
Aug 30
8月30日
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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What made the Scottish Highlands so alluring to visitors in the nineteenth century? To some travellers, it was the promise of dramatic landscapes; to others, it was the attraction of what they perceived to be the remnants of ancient Celtic cultures. In fact, both landscapes and people drew many tourists to the country’s north, at a time when Scotland, and Britain generally, were fast industrializing. The Highlands were also undergoing significant transformations at this time, which defy the notion that they were unchanging, however much that idea appeared as a persistent theme in many travellers’ observations of the region.
Kevin J. James is Professor of History and Scottish Studies Foundation Chair, as well as Director for the Centre for Scottish Studies, at the University of Guelph. His research focuses on Scottish tourism history. He is the co-editor, with Eric G.E. Zuelow, of the Oxford Handbook of Tourism History, and is the author of several books, including Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel. Kevin’s current research program explores the development of tourism in Scotland from 1815 through to the end of World War II.
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