The course aims to illustrate the historical processes characterizing the policies related to the development of tourism from the origins to today and to examine the specific subjects and phenomena determining the development of tourist activities. The way in which the interrelations between public policies and investment dynamics evolved and changed over time will be analyzed, with particular attention to the territorial phenomena and the related economic and social impacts.
Non-attending students: G. CIAPPELLI, Tempo di festa, tempo di penitenza. Carnevale e Quaresima a Firenze nel Quattrocento, in S. Cavaciocchi (a cura di), Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Prato, 18-23 aprile 1994, Atti della XXVI Settimana di Studi dell'Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica, F. Datini, Firenze, 1995, pp. 233-244. A. GROHMANN, Capitale pubblico e privato tra Medioevo ed Età Moderna: aspetti e problemi, in S. Cavaciocchi (a cura di), Il tempo libero. Economia e società. Secc. XIII-XVIII, Prato, 18-23 aprile 1994, Atti della XXVI Settimana di Studi dell'Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica, F. Datini, Firenze, 1995, pp. 463-502. A. LEONARDI, La storia economica del turismo: un nuovo settore della storia economica", in Società e Storia, 26, 2003, 99, pp. 91-104. L. TISSOT, Il turismo: dal pellegrino al Club Mediterranee, in P. Bairoch, E.J. Hobsbawn (a cura di), Storia d'Europa, vol. 5, L'età contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi, 1966, pp. 569-587. “Lunedì chomincerà lo Schiavo a vendemiare”. Tracce di vino nelle carte e sui colli pratesi, a cura di G. Nigro, Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica F. Datini, Prato, 2008.
Reference text will be arranged with students attending the course.
Learning Objectives
ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE: The course aims to provide in-depth knowledge of the key economic processes of the past related to the phenomenon of tourism, referring to Europe and Italy.
ACQUIRED COMPETENCE: the use of critical tools for a comparative analysis of the economic facts, in particular those related to tourism, in a long-term perspective
ACQUIRED SKILLS: how to reconstruct and explain the economic changes which took place in the tourist sector from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite.
Teaching Methods
Frontal teaching lessons with documentary and iconographic analysis.
Visit-lesson at the State Archives of Prato or Florence.
Type of Assessment
The written exam lasts between 60 and 75 minutes and consists of two essay questions.
Course program
The course aims to illustrate the historical processes characterizing the policies related to the development of tourism from the origins to today and to examine the specific subjects and phenomena determining the development of tourist activities. The way in which the interrelations between public policies and investment dynamics evolved and changed over time will be analyzed, with particular attention to the territorial phenomena and the related economic and social impacts.