Coming Up: Thomas Cook
A reminder that the Life and Times: Thomas Cook program airs on National Radio (Australia) this Saturday at 4pm, with a repeat on Sunday at 6pm.
"The man who almost single-handedly changed the whole concept of travel in the modern world was Thomas Cook. Taking advantage of technical innovations (the railways in particular), Cook made it possible for the first time in history for working-class and middle-class travellers, including women, to move cheaply and safely across Europe and eventually the world.
Although at first Cook's dream for the masses was 'self-improvement', the developing reality was leisure travel -- 'self-improvement' of a particularly modern kind."
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