The purposes of paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi /

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"The Purposes of Paradise is a thoughtful and well-written comparative analysis of the cultural politics of U.S. involvement in Cuba and Hawai'i in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Skwiot does a masterful job of weaving together the distinct colonial histories of Cuba and Hawai'...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skwiot, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
1800-1999
Imperialism > History.
Tourism > Political aspects > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Hawaii > History > 19th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 19th century.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Colonization
Imperialism
Diplomatic relations
Territorial expansion
Tourism > Political aspects
Tourismus
Imperialismus
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Hawaii > Colonization.
Cuba > Colonization.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
Cuba > Colonisation.
Hawaii > Colonisation.
Cuba
Hawaii
United States
Kuba
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • First fruits of a tropical Eden
  • Garden republics or plantation regimes?
  • Royal resorts for tropical tramps
  • Revolutions, reformations, restorations
  • Travels to another revolution and to statehood.

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