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050 4 _aG155.T73C64 2013
082 0 _a338.4/7918093
100 1 _aCocks, Catherine.
245 1 0 _aTropical Whites :
_bThe Rise of the Tourist South in the Americas.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©2013.
300 _a1 online resource (270 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aNature and Culture in America Series
505 0 _aCover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Note on America and Americans -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Regulated Arcadia -- Chapter 2. More and More Attractive Each Year -- Chapter 3. Fountain of Youth -- Chapter 4. Dressing for the Tropics -- Chapter 5. Lands of Romance -- Chapter 6. Spontaneous Capital Invisibly Exported -- Chapter 7. The Most Ideal Winter Resorts -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
520 _aTropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. Catherine Cocks argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aAmericans-Tropics-History-19th century.
650 0 _aAmericans-Tropics-History-20th century.
650 0 _aTourism-Tropics-History-19th century.
650 0 _aTourism-Tropics-History-20th century.
650 0 _aTropics-Race relations-History-19th century.
650 0 _aTropics-Race relations-History-20th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aCocks, Catherine
_tTropical Whites
_dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2013
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797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aNature and Culture in America Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3442053
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