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Last resorts : the cost of tourism in the Caribbean / Polly Pattullo.
- Title
- Last resorts : the cost of tourism in the Caribbean / Polly Pattullo.
- Author
- Pattullo, Polly, 1946-
- Publication
- London : Latin America Bureau ; New York : Monthly Review Press, c2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | G155.C35 P38 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 274 p. : ill., map; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Based on extensive interviews, Last Resorts looks at the mega-industry of tourism - the cruise ships, all-inclusives, package holidays, and yacht charters - and the way in which it affects local people throughout the Caribbean. A fully revised and updated edition of the original published in 1996, this new edition includes amplified sections on sex tourism, the cruise industry, the environment and ecotourism."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-267) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The lock and the key: history and power -- Linkages and leakages: the planning factor -- From banana farmer to banana daiquiri: employment -- 'Like an alien in we own land': the social impact -- Green crime, green redemption: the environment and ecotourism -- The holiday and its makers: the tourists -- Sailing into the sunset: the cruise ship industry -- Reclaiming the heritage trail: culture -- New footprints in the sand: the future.
- ISBN
- 158367117X (pbk.)
- 1899365648
- LCCN
- ^^2004011933
- OCLC
- 55286074
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library