The Riviera, Exposed: An Ecohistory of Postwar Tourism and North African Labor
Author:   Stephen L. Harp ,  Eric G. E. Zuelow
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9781501763014


Pages:   306
Publication Date:   15 May 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Stephen L. Harp ,  Eric G. E. Zuelow
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781501763014


ISBN 10:   1501763016
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   15 May 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Introduction: The Hidden Riviera 1. Building Hotels and Housing for the Rich and the Rest 2. Reconstructing the Riviera, Sleeping in Squats and Shantytowns 3. Providing Potable Water and WCs 4. Fattening Up Beaches and Polluting the Mediterranean 5. Erecting an Airport and Living with Jet Planes 6. Remaking Roads and Disciplining Drivers Epilogue: The More Things Change

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This engrossing environmental and social history of the French Riviera invites us to critically interrogate the profound interplay between environmental destruction and social inequality more generally, and will surely give readers much to ponder when they plan their next vacation. * Journal of Social History * In six sharply written and lively chapters, Stephen Harp renders visible what the tourism industry demands remain invisible: laborers and environmental degradation. * Journal of Tourism History * Specialists will learn much from Harp's innovative research and eclectic use of sources[.] * Choice *


This engrossing environmental and social history of the French Riviera invites us to critically interrogate the profound interplay between environmental destruction and social inequality more generally, and will surely give readers much to ponder when they plan their next vacation. * Journal of Social History * In six sharply written and lively chapters, Stephen Harp renders visible what the tourism industry demands remain invisible: laborers and environmental degradation. * Journal of Tourism History * Specialists will learn much from Harp's innovative research and eclectic use of sources[.] * Choice * This fascinating book uncovers a history which had otherwise been landscaped and paved over. Indeed, by unpacking the environmental toll of this type of tourism, Harp asks the reader to reflect on their own travel, while also recovering the story of itinerant workers who were always beyond the frame of the holiday postcard. * H-France *


This engrossing environmental and social history of the French Riviera invites us to critically interrogate the profound interplay between environmental destruction and social inequality more generally, and will surely give readers much to ponder when they plan their next vacation. * Journal of Social History * In six sharply written and lively chapters, Stephen Harp renders visible what the tourism industry demands remain invisible: laborers and environmental degradation. * Journal of Tourism History *


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Stephen L. Harp is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Akron. He is the author of A World History of Rubber, Au Naturel, and Marketing Michelin.

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