Hotel dreams : luxury, technology, and urban ambition in America, 1829-1929 /

From the time they emerged in American cities in the 1820s, commercial luxury hotels were far more than places where a traveler could 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 captu...

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Main Author: Berger, Molly W., 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
Series:Studies in industry and society.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central