The Business of Leisure
eBook - ePub

The Business of Leisure

Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean

  1. 366 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Business of Leisure

Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean

About this book

The Business of Leisure critically surveys a wide selection of travel practices, places, and time periods in considering the development of the hospitality industry in Latin America and the Caribbean. Considering tourism from early sojourners to contemporary dark tourism thrill seekers, contributors to The Business of Leisure examine key economic, political, social, and environmental issues. A number of eminent scholars in the field draw on original research focusing on Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. In addition to describing key aspects of industry development in a variety of settings, contributors also consider diverse ways in which histories of travel relate to larger political and cultural questions.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part 1
  9. 1. From the Andes to the Alps
  10. 2. Railroads and Steamships
  11. 3. Changing Caribbean Routes
  12. 4. From the “Romance of Industry” to the “National Soul”
  13. Part 2
  14. 5. The Making of an Elite Tourist Enclave
  15. 6. “To Know Peru Is to Admire It”
  16. 7. Domestic Tourism in Golden-Age Veracruz, Mexico
  17. 8. The Hotel Casino Project That Put Ecuador’s Tourism Hopes on Pause
  18. Part 3
  19. 9. An Alliance for Tourists
  20. 10. “Created by God” (or Columbus?) for Tourism
  21. Part 4
  22. 11. Mina El Edén and Dark Tourism in Zacatecas, Mexico
  23. 12. Netflix Narcos and Narco-Tours
  24. List of Contributors
  25. Index
  26. About Andrew Grant Wood