The Purposes of Paradise : U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i /

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For half a century, the United States has treated Cuba and Hawai'i as polar opposites: despised nation and beloved state. But for more than a century before the Cuban revolution and Hawaiian statehood of 1959, Cuba and Hawai'i figured as twin objects of U.S. imperial desire and as possessi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skwiot, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]
Temas:
Imperialism > History.
Tourism > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Hawaii > History > 19th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
American History.
Business.
Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter one. First Fruits of a Tropical Eden
  • Chapter two. Garden Republics or Plantation Regimes?
  • Chapter three. Royal Resorts for Tropical Tramps
  • Chapter four. Revolutions, Reformations, Restorations
  • Chapter five. Travels to Another Revolution and to Statehood
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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