An edition of Pleasure Island (1997)
Pleasure Island
tourism and temptation in Cuba
By Rosalie Schwartz
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Publish Date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Language
eng
Pages
243
Description:
Pleasure Island explores the tourism industry in Cuba between 1920 and 1960, as international travel ceased to be primarily a privilege of the wealthy and incorporated the world's growing middle class. Rosalie Schwartz examines tourists' changing ideas of leisure and recreation, as well as the response of a colonial-era Spanish city turned fleshpot and endless cabaret.