Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Author’s Note
Introduction
Chapter 1‘Much Frequented During the Bathing Season’: Barry Island and Welsh Coastal Tourism, c. 1780-c. 1860
Chapter 2‘That Favourite Place’: Cardiff’s Bathing Resort, c. 1860-1877
Chapter 3Visitors ‘Mercilessly’ Turned Away: The Island Closed, 1878-1884
Chapter 4Reclaimed, 1884-c.1890
Chapter 5An ‘El Dorado Where Soft Winds Blow’: Resort Boosterism Flourishes in the 1890s
Chapter 6‘Awake ye Sluggards!’ Resort Development Flounders, c. 1900-1914
Chapter 7‘They Sweep Down on the Place and Take Possession of It’: Trippers Triumphant, c. 1890-c. 1910
Chapter 8Barry-on-Sea? The Tripper Resort Consolidated, 1914-c.1965
Conclusion
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