Nostalgia in Transition 17801917 by Linda M. Austin HARDBACK 9780813925981

Nostalgia in Transition 17801917\nby Linda M. Austin\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Linda M. Austin\nTitle: Nostalgia in Transition 17801917\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\nPublisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia\nPublication year: 2007\nISBN-13: 9780813925981\nISBN-10: 0813925983\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nReferred to long ago as a \""\""disease\""\"" of Swiss soldiers and Highland regiments far from home, nostalgia became known in the 1920s as more of a fleeting rather than debilitating condition. This book traces the development of nostalgia from a memory disorder in the eighteenth century to its modern formulation as a pleasant recreational distraction.\n\nReferred to long ago as a \""\""disease\""\"" of Swiss soldiers and Highland regiments .