The business of leisure : tourism history in Latin America and the Caribbean

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. 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 __The Business of Leisure__ 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. **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 ''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.''-- Site de l'éditeur 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 "This volume includes essays that explore the history of tourism and its promotion and development throughout Latin American and the Caribbean in the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher