The Riviera, Exposed : An Ecohistory of Postwar Tourism and North African Labor /

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"This history of the French Riviera examines the ecological and social impacts of mass tourism after World War II. Much of the focus is on the technologies embedded in roads, airports, hotels, water lines, sewers, beaches, and marinas, as well as the North African laborers who built and maintai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harp, Stephen L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tourism > Environmental aspects.
Tourism.
North Africans > Social conditions.
Foreign workers, African.
North Africans > France > Riviera > Social conditions > 20th century.
Foreign workers, African > France > Riviera > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Environmental aspects > France > Riviera.
Tourism > France > Riviera > History > 20th century.
France > Riviera.
Riviera (France) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The Hidden Riviera
  • Building Hotels and Housing for the Rich and the Rest
  • Reconstructing the Riviera, Sleeping in Squats and Shantytowns
  • Providing Potable Water and WCs
  • Fattening Up Beaches and Polluting the Mediterranean
  • Erecting an Airport and Living with Jet Planes
  • Remaking Roads and Disciplining Drivers
  • Epilogue : The More Things Change.

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