Beachheads [[electronic resource] ] : war, peace, and tourism in postwar Okinawa / / Gerald Figal
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| Autore: |
Figal Gerald A. <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Beachheads [[electronic resource] ] : war, peace, and tourism in postwar Okinawa / / Gerald Figal
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 952/.294 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tourism - Japan - Okinawa Island - History - 20th century |
| Tourism - Government policy - Japan - History - 20th century | |
| Reconstruction (1939-1951) - Japan - Okinawa Island | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Okinawa Island (Japan) History 20th century |
| 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: | pt. 1. Grave and caves -- pt. 2. Creations and recreations -- pt. 3. Bases and beaches. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This original and fresh book explores Okinawa's makeover as a tourist mecca in the long historical shadow and among the physical ruins of the Pacific War's most devastating land battle. Gerald Figal considers how a place burdened by a history of semicolonialism, memories of war and occupation, economic hardship, and contentious current political affairs has reshaped itself into a resort destination. He traces cultural, political, social, and economic issues of Okinawa's postwar experience to the present through the innovative frame of tourism development-both as it has been i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Beachheads |
| ISBN: | 1-280-67993-X |
| 9786613656865 | |
| 1-4422-1583-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462336103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Asia/Pacific/perspectives.