UID:
edocfu_9958352420002883
Format:
1 online resource(276p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. , 2013. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812207958
Series Statement:
Nature and Culture in America
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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A Note on America and Americans --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1. A Regulated Arcadia --
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Chapter 2. More and More Attractive Each Year --
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Chapter 3. Fountain of Youth --
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Chapter 4. Dressing for the Tropics --
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Chapter 5. Lands of Romance --
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Chapter 6. Spontaneous Capital Invisibly Exported --
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Chapter 7. The Most Ideal Winter Resorts --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812207958
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207958
