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The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by FenixN at Sept. 24, 2013
The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i

The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i
Language: English | ISBN-10: 0812242440 | PDF | 296 pages | 24 MB

For half a century, the United States has treated Cuba and Hawai'i as polar opposites: despised nation and beloved state. But for more than a century before the Cuban revolution and Hawaiian statehood of 1959, Cuba and Hawai'i figured as twin objects of U.S. imperial desire and as possessions whose tropical island locales might support all manner of fantasy fulfillment—cultural, financial, and geopolitical.

The purposes of paradise: U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawai‘i (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Jan. 13, 2019
The purposes of paradise: U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawai‘i (Repost)

The purposes of paradise: U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawai‘i By Christine Skwiot
2010 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0812242440 | PDF | 25 MB