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.
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.
Andrew Grant Wood is the Stanley Rutland Professor of American History at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of Revolution in the Street: Women, Workers, and Urban Protest in Veracruz, 1870–1927 and Agustín Lara: A Cultural Biography. Contributors include: Fernando Armas Asín, Rodrigo Booth, Félix Manuel Burgos, Meri L. Clark, Rocio Gomez, Kenneth R. Kincaid, Elizabeth Manley, Mark Rice, Anadelia Romo, Blake C. Scott, Evan Ward, Andrew Grant Wood.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Travel History’s Checkered Past as Prelude to Future Catastrophe? Andrew Grant Wood Part 1. Burgeoning International Travel 1. From the Andes to the Alps: Colombian Writers on Travels in Europe Meri L. Clark 2. Railroads and Steamships: Foreign Investment in the Early Development of Peruvian Tourism, 1900–1930 Fernando Armas Asín 3. Changing Caribbean Routes: The Rise of International Air Travel Blake C. Scott 4. From the “Romance of Industry” to the “National Soul”: Promoting Travel in the Pan American Union Anadelia Romo Part 2. Developing National Tourism 5. The Making of an Elite Tourist Enclave: Viña del Mar’s Miramar Beach, Chile (1872–1910) Rodrigo Booth 6. “To Know Peru Is to Admire It”: National Tourism Promotion and Populism in Peru, 1930–1948 Mark Rice 7. Domestic Tourism in Golden-Age Veracruz, Mexico Andrew Grant Wood 8. The Hotel Casino Project That Put Ecuador’s Tourism Hopes on Pause Kenneth R. Kincaid Part 3. Politics, Projects, and Postwar Possibilities 9. An Alliance for Tourists: The Transformation of Guatemalan Tourism Development, 1935–1982 Evan Ward 10. “Created by God” (or Columbus?) for Tourism: Building Tourism Fantasy in the Dominican Republic, 1966–1978 Elizabeth Manley Part 4. Postmodern Ironies and Dark Tourism 11. Mina El Edén and Dark Tourism in Zacatecas, Mexico Rocio Gomez 12. Netflix Narcos and Narco-tours: Film Tourism Meets Dark Tourism in Medellín, Colombia Félix Manuel Burgos List of Contributors Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Travel History’s Checkered Past as Prelude to Future Catastrophe? Andrew Grant Wood Part 1. Burgeoning International Travel 1. From the Andes to the Alps: Colombian Writers on Travels in Europe Meri L. Clark 2. Railroads and Steamships: Foreign Investment in the Early Development of Peruvian Tourism, 1900–1930 Fernando Armas Asín 3. Changing Caribbean Routes: The Rise of International Air Travel Blake C. Scott 4. From the “Romance of Industry” to the “National Soul”: Promoting Travel in the Pan American Union Anadelia Romo Part 2. Developing National Tourism 5. The Making of an Elite Tourist Enclave: Viña del Mar’s Miramar Beach, Chile (1872–1910) Rodrigo Booth 6. “To Know Peru Is to Admire It”: National Tourism Promotion and Populism in Peru, 1930–1948 Mark Rice 7. Domestic Tourism in Golden-Age Veracruz, Mexico Andrew Grant Wood 8. The Hotel Casino Project That Put Ecuador’s Tourism Hopes on Pause Kenneth R. Kincaid Part 3. Politics, Projects, and Postwar Possibilities 9. An Alliance for Tourists: The Transformation of Guatemalan Tourism Development, 1935–1982 Evan Ward 10. “Created by God” (or Columbus?) for Tourism: Building Tourism Fantasy in the Dominican Republic, 1966–1978 Elizabeth Manley Part 4. Postmodern Ironies and Dark Tourism 11. Mina El Edén and Dark Tourism in Zacatecas, Mexico Rocio Gomez 12. Netflix Narcos and Narco-tours: Film Tourism Meets Dark Tourism in Medellín, Colombia Félix Manuel Burgos List of Contributors Index
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