Skwiot, Christine. <br/><br/>
The Purposes of Paradise :  U. S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (297 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. First Fruits of a Tropical Eden -- Chapter 2. Garden Republics or Plantation Regimes? -- Chapter 3. Royal Resorts for Tropical Tramps -- Chapter 4. Revolutions, Reformations, Restorations -- Chapter 5 Travels to Another Revolution and to Statehood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> The Purposes of Paradise shows how travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i between the 1850s, when expansionists imagined them as twin possessions, and revolution and statehood in 1959. It explores the relationships between imperial fantasies and political practices in Americans' favorite tropical isles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812200034 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Imperialism-History.<br/>Tourism-Political aspects-Cuba-History-19th century.<br/>Tourism-Political aspects-Cuba-History-20th century.<br/>Tourism-Political aspects-Hawaii-History-19th century.<br/>Tourism-Political aspects-Hawaii-History-20th century.<br/>Cuba-Colonization.<br/>Hawaii-Colonization.<br/>United States-Foreign relations-19th century.<br/>United States-Foreign relations-20th century.<br/>United States-Territorial expansion.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G155.C9 -- S56 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.20973