"In her scholarly but often fascinating study, Schwartz examines the changing ideas of leisure and recreation in Havana, the "Paris of the Antilles" to which U.S. tourists thronged for its forbidden enticements and never-ending cabaret. Schwartz's report is heavily tinged with politics, of course, but high spirits and nostalgia also seep from its pages." - "The Miami Herald". "A well-researched description of tourism in Cuba, mainly from the Twenties to the Sixties. The emphasis is on American tourists, the most numerous ...
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"In her scholarly but often fascinating study, Schwartz examines the changing ideas of leisure and recreation in Havana, the "Paris of the Antilles" to which U.S. tourists thronged for its forbidden enticements and never-ending cabaret. Schwartz's report is heavily tinged with politics, of course, but high spirits and nostalgia also seep from its pages." - "The Miami Herald". "A well-researched description of tourism in Cuba, mainly from the Twenties to the Sixties. The emphasis is on American tourists, the most numerous until Castro, and the history is chronological, showing how World Wars I and II affected Cuban industry. Schwartz describes the Mafia influence and the state of tourism since Castro, and she also considers how tourism affects a country, any country, which makes interesting reading. An excellent history that should have broad appeal." - "Library Journal". "Pleasingly written and carefully documented ...[Schwartz] offers a valuable perspective on the present...Today, Cuba's socialist leadership is confronted with conundrums not so different from those faced by its capitalist predecessors: how to present Cuba to its international visitors, address internal pressures arising from mass tourism, and survive in the shadow of U. S. power. Schwartz details how 'Cuba' has repeatedly been reconfigured from the 1900s to the present, while the image of Caribbean exoticism has survived the whims of fashion and a century of drastic changes." - "Choice". Rosalie Schwartz taught history at San Diego State University and is the author of "Lawless Liberators: Political Banditry and Cuban Independence", winner of the 1990 Hubert Herring Book Prize.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0803242573. B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 247 pages; 1997 University of Nebraska Press. HC/DJ 1st edition. Snugly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket. Text bright and neat; no marks. Front jacket flap with a vertical stress crease and sun fading top edge. Some b&w photo illustrations. NF/VG+
Add this copy of Pleasure Island: Tourism and Temptation in Cuba to cart. $38.68, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by University of Nebraska Press.
