La villégiature balnéaire sur la Côte de Caen au xixe siècle : représentations à travers les guides touristiques et les journaux balnéaires

摘要

Tourist guides and beach journals have each a particular look on the Coast of Caen. Their parallel study to specially interesting to better understand this seaside life during the season. For these travelling companions all is good to increase the value of these bathing places, but each has a particular style and interests. Codified guides more gladly map out an itinerary. Beach journals try to be different, with a sense of humor and numerous anecdotes in their papers concerning the life in seaside resorts, more specially in these “petits trous pas chers”.