Cruise delightfully recalls a time of gracious travel, as well as the modern-day evolution of cruising at sea. It explores the design and culture of cruise ships from the golden age of the interwar period, up to the present when cruise ships have come to embrace "entertainment architecture." Packed full of illustrations of all aspects of cruise ship design—interiors, entertainment, travel posters, and other ephemera—this timely book also documents the current renaissance in cruise vacations.Traveling by cruise ship, especially between the wars and into the '50s, was the most luxurious and stylish form of transport available. Many of the greatest liners were built during that time, including France's Normandie, whose Art Deco interior was one of the most lavish—and beautiful—ever created. This up-to-date visual history of ocean travel, complete with full illustrations and a lively survey of every aspect of sailing on the high seas, will appeal to and delight a broad audience including cruise ship enthusiasts, designers, and nostalgia buffs.
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Peter Quartermaine is research associate at the National Maritime Museum in London. He is the author of a number of books including Building on the Sea and Port Architecture.
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This is an affectionate look at the cruise business, concept and history. I have seen the old stories such as 'An Affair to Remember,' but I had no idea that the idea of cruising went back as far as the 1890's. Nor did I have any idea about the size of the business today. These huge ships remind me of nothing so much as Las Vegas casinos or some of the modern resort hotels. The cruise, like life itself, becomes a journey, not a destination.This book is profusely illustrated with pictures of cruising that cover the whole range of time since the beginning. They start with a reproduction of a poster advertising a pleasure cruise to the West Indies. It was a sixty day cruise. The latest picture which is on the back cover is a 2003 view of the 'Diamond Princess' a ship of 116,000 tons that can carry 2670 passengers. This is a book that I would recommend to anyone thinking of taking a cruise.
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A swelling sea of paperback guides and weekend press supplements reflect the evident popularity of cruising, but this book is the first critical, though affectionate, look at a quite extraordinary economic, cultural and design phenomenon that began to employ mass-market, purpose-built vessels only from the early 1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cruise market, modern cruise ships, show lounge, cruise industry, cruise companies, cruise passengers, modern vessels, cruise company Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Royal Caribbean, United States, Queen Mary, Queen Marv, Canadian Pacific, Carnival Spirit, Mogens Hammer, Princess Cruises, Superstar Gemini, Costa Cruises, South America New!
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A swelling sea of paperback guides and weekend press supplements reflect the evident popularity of cruising, but this book is the first critical, though affectionate, look at a quite extraordinary economic, cultural and design phenomenon that began to employ mass-market, purpose-built vessels only from the early 1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cruise market, modern cruise ships, show lounge, cruise industry, cruise companies, cruise passengers, modern vessels, cruise company Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Royal Caribbean, United States, Queen Mary, Queen Marv, Canadian Pacific, Carnival Spirit, Mogens Hammer, Princess Cruises, Superstar Gemini, Costa Cruises, South America New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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