Negotiating paradise [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America / / Dennis Merrill

• Autore: Merrill Dennis
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, NC, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/280730904
• Soggetto topico: Americans - Latin America - History - 20th century; Tourists - Latin America - History - 20th century; Tourism - Latin America - History - 20th century; Tourism - Political aspects - Latin America - History - 20th century; Tourism - Social aspects - Latin America - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Relations Latin America; Latin America Relations United States; Latin America Civilization American influences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : mass tourism, empire, and soft power -- Lone eagles and revolutionaries : the U.S.-Mexican rapprochement of the 1920's -- Containment and good neighbors : tourism and empire in 1930's Mexico -- The safe bet : Batista's Cuba -- Paradise lost : Castro's Cuba -- Bootstraps, beaches, and cobblestone : commonwealth Puerto Rico -- A Cold War mirage : Puerto Rico in the 1960's and 1970's.
• Sommario/riassunto: Negotiating Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Twentieth-Century Latin America
• Titolo autorizzato: Negotiating paradise
• ISBN: 1-4696-0553-8; 0-8078-9863-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456387703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II