The enduring Seminoles : from alligator wrestling to ecotourism /

Early in this century, the Native Americans known as the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive in an environment altered by the drainage of the Everglades and a dwindling demand for hides. Patsy West describes how they turned to tourism and discovered another marketable commodity - their own cultur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: West, Patsy, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1998.
Colección:Florida history and culture series.
Temas:
Mikasuki Indians > Economic conditions.
Seminole Indians > Economic conditions.
Mikasuki Indians > Ethnic identity.
Seminole Indians > Ethnic identity.
Tourism > Florida.
Mikasuki > Conditions économiques.
Séminoles (Indiens) > Conditions économiques.
Mikasuki > Identité ethnique.
Séminoles (Indiens) > Identité ethnique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Tourism.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Florida.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Raymond Arsenault and Gary Mormino
  • 1. The End of an Era
  • 2. The Beginnings of an Industry
  • 3. The Business of Hype
  • 4. The Statistics of an Exhibition Economy
  • 5. Traditions on Exhibition
  • 6. Saurians and Seminoles
  • 7. Commercial Wares
  • 8. Expositions, Fairs, and Failures
  • 9. Media Chiefs, Politicians, and Councilmen.

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