Format:
1 online resource (270 pages)
ISBN:
9780812207958
Series Statement:
Nature and Culture in America Ser
Content:
Tropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. Catherine Cocks argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Note on America and Americans -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Regulated Arcadia -- Chapter 2. More and More Attractive Each Year -- Chapter 3. Fountain of Youth -- Chapter 4. Dressing for the Tropics -- Chapter 5. Lands of Romance -- Chapter 6. Spontaneous Capital Invisibly Exported -- Chapter 7. The Most Ideal Winter Resorts -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812244991
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812244991
Language:
English
