{"product_id":"the-purposes-of-paradise-9780812222289","title":"The Purposes of Paradise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Skwiot's research is first-rate. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Purposes of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable insights into the uses of tourism among people struggling for power and the changing politics of island tourist industries that catered to elite U.S. pleasure-seekers.\" * \u003ci\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoroughly researched book that brings political and cultural analysis to bear on a history of United States relations with Cuba and Hawai'i. . . . Skwiot deftly weaves political history with close, historicized readings of travel narrativesto produce what is ultimately a model of interdisciplinary scholarship.\" * \u003ci\u003eHawaiian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Purposes of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful and well written comparative analysis of the cultural politics of U.S. involvement in Cuba and Hawai'i in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Skwiot does a masterful job of weaving together the distinct colonial histories of Cuba and Hawai'i, revealing the places where their imperial narratives intersect and diverge to shed light on the contradictions of colonization, republican empire, state building, and revolution.\" * Marguerite Shaffer, Miami University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: First Fruits of a Tropical Eden\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Garden Republics or Plantation Regimes?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: Royal Resorts for Tropical Tramps\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: Revolutions, Reformations, Restorations\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: Travels to Another Revolution and to Statehood\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MT - University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585796276567,"sku":"9780812222289","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812222289.jpg?v=1756489265","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-purposes-of-paradise-9780812222289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}