Unpacked a history of Caribbean tourism
Introduction : Growing up in Vacationland : Florida as a Point of Departure -- Empire's Lake : Tourism in the Wake of U.S. Expansion -- Service Sector Republics : Transnational Development in Panama and Cuba -- Changing Routes from Sea to Air : The Rise of Pan-American Airways -- The Nature of...
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2022
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| Schriftenreihe: | Histories and cultures of tourism
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : Growing up in Vacationland : Florida as a Point of Departure -- Empire's Lake : Tourism in the Wake of U.S. Expansion -- Service Sector Republics : Transnational Development in Panama and Cuba -- Changing Routes from Sea to Air : The Rise of Pan-American Airways -- The Nature of Tourism : Naturalist Explorers as Scientific Guides -- Traveling Writers : Literary Dreams of Tropical Escape -- Burning Privilege : Luxury in the Age of Decolonization -- Conclusion : Cruising into the Future : The Perils of Packaged Fun. "Explains the historical roots of Caribbean tourism and follows a well-traveled sea route linking the U.S. east coast with the island of Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama to describe how the history of U.S. imperialism became the heart of the region's modern tourism industry." |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxii, 235 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781501766428 978-1-5017-6642-8 9781501766404 978-1-5017-6640-4 |