Devil's bargains
tourism in the twentieth-century American West
by Rothman, Hal
The West is popularly perceived as America's last outpost of unfettered opportunity, but twentieth-century corporate tourism has transformed it into America's "land of opportunism." From Sun Valley to Santa Fe, towns throughout the West have been turned over to outsiders - and not just to those who visit and move on, but to those who stay and control.
Although tourism has been a blessing for many, bringing economic and cultural prosperity to communities without obvious means of support or allowing towns on the brink of extinction to renew themselves, the costs on more intangible levels may be said to outweigh the benefits and be a devil's bargain in the making. Hal Rothman examines the effect of twentieth-century tourism on the West and exposes that industry's darker side.
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Devil's bargains: tourism in the twentieth-century American West
1998, University Press of Kansas
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0700609105 9780700609109
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-425) and index.
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