The Resource The purposes of paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi, Christine Skwiot
The purposes of paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi, Christine Skwiot
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- Summary
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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'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
- 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
- Using travel and tourism as sites where the pleasures of imperialism met the politics of empire, Christine Skwiot untangles the histories of Cuba and Hawai'i as integral parts of the Union and keys to U.S. global power, as occupied territories with violent pasts, and as fantasy islands ripe with seduction and reward. Grounded in a wide array of primary materials that range from government sources and tourist industry records to promotional items and travel narratives, The Purposes of Paradise explores the ways travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i. More broadly, Skwiot's comparative approach underscores continuity, as well as change, in U.S. imperial thought and practice across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Comparing the relationships of Cuba and Hawai'i with the United States. Skwiot argues, offers a way to revisit assumptions about formal versus informal empire, territorial versus commercial imperialism, and direct versus indirect rule. --Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (283 pages)
- Contents
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- First fruits of a tropical Eden
- Garden republics or plantation regimes?
- Royal resorts for tropical tramps
- Revolutions, reformations, restorations
- Travels to another revolution and to statehood
- Isbn
- 9780812200034
- Label
- The purposes of paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi
- Title
- The purposes of paradise
- Title remainder
- U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi
- Statement of responsibility
- Christine Skwiot
- Subject
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- Colonization
- Cuba
- Cuba -- Colonization
- Diplomatic relations
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Hawaii
- Hawaii -- Colonization
- History
- Imperialism
- Imperialism -- History
- 1800-1999
- Tourism -- Political aspects
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Hawaii -- History -- 19th century
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Hawaii -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- Territorial expansion
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "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'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
- 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
- Using travel and tourism as sites where the pleasures of imperialism met the politics of empire, Christine Skwiot untangles the histories of Cuba and Hawai'i as integral parts of the Union and keys to U.S. global power, as occupied territories with violent pasts, and as fantasy islands ripe with seduction and reward. Grounded in a wide array of primary materials that range from government sources and tourist industry records to promotional items and travel narratives, The Purposes of Paradise explores the ways travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i. More broadly, Skwiot's comparative approach underscores continuity, as well as change, in U.S. imperial thought and practice across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Comparing the relationships of Cuba and Hawai'i with the United States. Skwiot argues, offers a way to revisit assumptions about formal versus informal empire, territorial versus commercial imperialism, and direct versus indirect rule. --Book Jacket
- Cataloging source
- Nz
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Skwiot, Christine
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- EBL-Schweitzer
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Imperialism
- Tourism
- Tourism
- Tourism
- Tourism
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Hawaii
- Cuba
- HISTORY
- Colonization
- Imperialism
- Diplomatic relations
- Territorial expansion
- Tourism
- Cuba
- Hawaii
- United States
- Label
- The purposes of paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi, Christine Skwiot
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- First fruits of a tropical Eden -- Garden republics or plantation regimes? -- Royal resorts for tropical tramps -- Revolutions, reformations, restorations -- Travels to another revolution and to statehood
- Control code
- ocn794925531
- Extent
- 1 online resource (283 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812200034
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812200034
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt35f1mc
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794925531
- Label
- The purposes of paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in Cuba and Hawaiʻi, Christine Skwiot
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- First fruits of a tropical Eden -- Garden republics or plantation regimes? -- Royal resorts for tropical tramps -- Revolutions, reformations, restorations -- Travels to another revolution and to statehood
- Control code
- ocn794925531
- Extent
- 1 online resource (283 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812200034
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812200034
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt35f1mc
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794925531
Subject
- Colonization
- Cuba
- Cuba -- Colonization
- Diplomatic relations
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Hawaii
- Hawaii -- Colonization
- History
- Imperialism
- Imperialism -- History
- 1800-1999
- Tourism -- Political aspects
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Hawaii -- History -- 19th century
- Tourism -- Political aspects -- Hawaii -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- Territorial expansion
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