Part I. Spa Life -- 1. Shrines-Springs-Spas -- 2. Therapy vs. Pleasure -- 3. Spa Society -- 4. Making Money out of Pleasure -- Part II. Business of Europe -- 5. Royalty at Spas -- 6. Era of Congresses -- 7. Looking after Europe -- 8. Secret Diplomacy -- 9. Puppets and Puppeteers…
"This book is about the great 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…
"This book is about the great 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…
Kennedy charts the symbolic and sociopolitical functions of the hill stations during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arguing that to the British in India these communities were much more than mere pleasure spots. Particularly after the revolt of 1857, they became p…
