Tropical Whites : The Rise of the Tourist South in the Americas /

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This book explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. The author argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cocks, Catherine, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tourism.
Race relations.
Americans.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Tourism > Tropics > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Tropics > History > 19th century.
Americans > Tropics > History > 20th century.
Americans > Tropics > History > 19th century.
Tropics.
Tropics > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Tropics > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. The author argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (276 pages): illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9780812207958

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