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> Dear Educator:
>
> Monthly Review Press has a new title that you might find of
> interest. Exam/Review copies are available. Please contact Renee
> Pendergrass at mreview@igc.apc.org, Monthly Review Press, 122
> West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001, Tel: 1-800-670-9499,
> Fax: (212) 727-3676.
>
> LAST RESORTS: THE COST OF TOURISM IN THE CARIBBEAN
> by Polly Pattullo
>
> "Few people are better qualified to analyze this situation
> than Pattullo, who, in addition to being a skilled journalist
> and Caribbean resident, also runs a tour-operating company
> and is thus able to view the region's tourism in its multiple
> dimensions. This well-written book neither preaches nor
> moralizes, retains an optimistic outlook, and makes positive
> suggestions for the future.... Required reading for anyone
> interested in the mix of sunshine and shadow that tourism
> brings to the dependent Caribbean "
> --Choice, American Library Association
>
>
> LAST RESORTS looks at this mega-industry and the way in which it affects
> peoples' lives throughout the Caribbean. As the Caribbean's traditional
> economies face a precarious future, tourism is increasingly touted as the
> only hope for creating jobs and wealth. Last Resorts examines the structures
> of ownership and control and analyzes the costs and benefits of tourism to
> the region in an economic, environmental, and cultural context.
>
> Based on extensive interviews throughout the Caribbean, Last Resorts gives
> voice to the people inside the tourism industry, its critics, and the
> tourists themselves. Their views offer vital insight into a phenomenon that
> is changing the face of the Caribbean.
>
> Polly Pattullo has written widely about the Caribbean region. She worked for
> the Guardian and Caribbean Insight in London and co-founded a tour operating
> company
> specializing in the Eastern Caribbean region.
>
> A Latin America Bureau book distributed by Monthly Review Press
> 0-85345-977-0 paper/$19.00/220 pp./photos
> Tourism/Development/Economics
>
>
> contents
>
> 1. The Lock and the Key: History and Power
> Changing Landscapes / The History / A Question of Control
> The Airlines / The Tour Operators / The Hotels
> Government Ownership
>
> 2. Linkages and Leakages: The Planning Factor
> Keeping the Peace / Roads to Development / Enticing Investors
> Land and Planning / Missing Links / Making Connections
> The Ripple Effect
>
> 3. From Banana Farmer to Banana Daiquiri: Employment
> Trade Unions / The Informal Sector / "Smile Please"
> A New Slavery? / Training / The Expatriates / Tourism Awareness
> Public Opinion / The "All-Inclusive" Controversy
>
> 4. "Like an Alien in We Own Land": The Social Impact
> Bad Influence? / Sex Tourism / The Drugs Connection
> Casino Economies / Street Crime
>
> 5. Green Crime, Green Redemption: The Environment and Ecotourism
> Paradise Lost / A Sick Sea / Planners and Politicians
> Views of Ecotourism / Belize: Green Dilemmas
> Dominica: Fragile Future / Guyana: Promise and Threat / Conclusion
>
> 6. The Holiday and Its Makers: The Tourists
> Up-Market, Down-Market / Heaven on Earth / Fantasy and Reality
> Selling Sunshine
>
> 7. Sailing into the Sunset: The Cruise-Ship Industry
> The Cruise Boom / Rocking the Boat / Big Spenders? / Big Business
>
> 8. Reclaiming the Heritage Trail: Culture and Identity
> The Intangible Heritage / Street Culture / The Heritage Trail
> Art for Art's Sake?
>
> 9. New Footprints in the Sand: The Future
>
> Select Bibliography
>
> Index
>
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