The purposes of paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi

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"The Purposes of Paradise 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'...

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Main Author: Skwiot, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Imperialism > History.
Tourism > Political aspects > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Hawaii > History > 19th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 19th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Hawaii > Colonization.
Cuba > Colonization.
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