{"product_id":"the-business-of-leisure-9781496223401","title":"The Business of Leisure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Business of Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important new look into the way national and international tourism have grown in tandem with an international travel industry and massive promotional programs on the part of host nations. . . . The essays remind us that tourism invariably comes with a price, be it low wages, environmental degradation, or social stereotyping geared toward performance. \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e will be an essential item for scholars of Latin America and the Caribbean and for anyone who wishes to understand the ripples their airline ticket sends outward to a larger world.”—Terry Rugeley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe River People in Flood Time: The Civil Wars in Tabasco, Spoiler of Empires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Through its geographic and chronological scope, this volume makes an essential contribution to a broader understanding of how tourism has shaped Latin America in different contexts, highlighting the opportunities and pitfalls of tourism as a development strategy. The case studies take Latin American tourism studies in exciting new directions and reveal the dynamic potential of the field.”—Lisa Pinley Covert, author of \u003ci\u003eSan Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Travel History’s Checkered Past as Prelude to Future Catastrophe?\u003cbr\u003e Andrew Grant Wood\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Burgeoning International Travel\u003cbr\u003e 1. From the Andes to the Alps: Colombian Writers on Travels in Europe\u003cbr\u003e Meri L. Clark\u003cbr\u003e 2. Railroads and Steamships: Foreign Investment in the Early Development of Peruvian Tourism, 1900–1930\u003cbr\u003e Fernando Armas Asín\u003cbr\u003e 3. Changing Caribbean Routes: The Rise of International Air Travel\u003cbr\u003e Blake C. Scott\u003cbr\u003e 4. From the “Romance of Industry” to the “National Soul”: Promoting Travel in the Pan American Union\u003cbr\u003e Anadelia Romo\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Developing National Tourism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Making of an Elite Tourist Enclave: Viña del Mar’s Miramar Beach, Chile (1872–1910)\u003cbr\u003e Rodrigo Booth\u003cbr\u003e 6. “To Know Peru Is to Admire It”: National Tourism Promotion and Populism in Peru, 1930–1948\u003cbr\u003e Mark Rice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Domestic Tourism in Golden-Age Veracruz, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Andrew Grant Wood\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Hotel Casino Project That Put Ecuador’s Tourism Hopes on Pause\u003cbr\u003e Kenneth R. Kincaid\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Politics, Projects, and Postwar Possibilities\u003cbr\u003e 9. An Alliance for Tourists: The Transformation of Guatemalan Tourism Development, 1935–1982\u003cbr\u003e Evan Ward\u003cbr\u003e 10. “Created by God” (or Columbus?) for Tourism: Building Tourism Fantasy in the Dominican Republic, 1966–1978\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Manley\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Postmodern Ironies and Dark Tourism\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mina El Edén and Dark Tourism in Zacatecas, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Rocio Gomez\u003cbr\u003e 12. Netflix \u003ci\u003eNarcos \u003c\/i\u003eand Narco-tours: Film Tourism Meets Dark Tourism in Medellín, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e Félix Manuel Burgos\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409233518935,"sku":"9781496223401","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496223401.jpg?v=1730506069","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-business-of-leisure-9781496223401","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}