Beachheads :: war, peace, and tourism in postwar Okinawa /

This original and fresh book explores Okinawa's makeover as a tourist mecca in the long historical shadow and among the physical ruins of the Pacific War's most devastating land battle. Gerald Figal considers how a place burdened by a history of semicolonialism, memories of war and occupat...

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1. Verfasser: Figal, Gerald A., 1962-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012.
Schriftenreihe:Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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Zusammenfassung:This original and fresh book explores Okinawa's makeover as a tourist mecca in the long historical shadow and among the physical ruins of the Pacific War's most devastating land battle. Gerald Figal considers how a place burdened by a history of semicolonialism, memories of war and occupation, economic hardship, and contentious current political affairs has reshaped itself into a resort destination. He traces cultural, political, social, and economic issues of Okinawa's postwar experience to the present through the innovative frame of tourism development-both as it has been i.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1442215836
9781442215832
9781442215825
1442215828
9786613656865
6613656860

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