| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. From the Andes to the Alps -- 2. Railroads and Steamships -- 3. Changing Caribbean Routes -- 4. From the "Romance of Industry" to the "National Soul" -- Part 2 -- 5. The Making of an Elite Tourist Enclave -- 6. "To Know Peru Is to Admire It" -- 7. Domestic Tourism in Golden-Age Veracruz, Mexico -- 8. The Hotel Casino Project That Put Ecuador's Tourism Hopes on Pause -- Part 3 -- 9. An Alliance for Tourists -- 10. "Created by God" (or Columbus?) for Tourism -- Part 4 -- 11. Mina El Edén and Dark Tourism in Zacatecas, Mexico -- 12. Netflix Narcos and Narco-Tours -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
The essays in this collection explore the history of tourism and its promotion and development throughout Latin American and the Caribbean in the twentieth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 321-329) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed February 11, 2021) |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century
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Tourism -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
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Economic history
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Tourism
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| SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074888
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Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020285
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| Subject |
Caribbean Area
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wood, Andrew Grant, 1958- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781496224101 |
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1496224108 |
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