Unpacked : : A History of Caribbean Tourism / / Blake C. Scott.
Unpacked offers a critical, novel perspective on the Caribbean's now taken-for-granted desirability as a tourist's "paradise." Dreams of a tropical vacation have become a quintessential aspect of the modern Caribbean, as millions of tourists travel to the region and spend in extr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Histories and Cultures of Tourism
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 p.) :; 15 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface: The Problem of Mobility
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Growing up in Florida’s Vacationland
- Chapter 1 Empire’s Lake: Tourism in the Wake of US Expansion
- Chapter 2 Service Sector Republics: Transnational Development in Panama and Cuba
- Chapter 3 Changing Routes from Sea to Air: The Rise of Pan American World Airways
- Chapter 4 The Nature of Tourism: Naturalist Explorers as Scientific Guides
- Chapter 5 Traveling Writers: Literary Dreams of Tropical Escape
- Chapter 6 Burning Privilege: Luxury in the Age of Decolonization
- Conclusion: Perilously Cruising into the Future
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index