| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
Histories and cultures of tourism
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Histories and cultures of tourism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The Hidden Riviera -- Building Hotels and Housing for the Rich and the Rest -- Reconstructing the Riviera, Sleeping in Squats and Shantytowns -- Providing Potable Water and WCs -- Fattening Up Beaches and Polluting the Mediterranean -- Erecting an Airport and Living with Jet Planes -- Remaking Roads and Disciplining Drivers -- Epilogue : The More Things Change. |
| Summary |
"This history of the French Riviera examines the ecological and social impacts of mass tourism after World War II. Much of the focus is on the technologies embedded in roads, airports, hotels, water lines, sewers, beaches, and marinas, as well as the North African laborers who built and maintained them"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tourism -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.
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Tourism -- Environmental aspects -- France -- Riviera.
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Foreign workers, African -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.
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North Africans -- France -- Riviera -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Riviera (France) -- History -- 20th century.
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HISTORY / Europe / France |
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Foreign workers, African |
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North Africans -- Social conditions |
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Tourism |
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Tourism -- Environmental aspects |
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France -- Riviera |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Indexed Term |
history of tourism, french riviera tourism after world war II, tourism's impact on environment, trente glorieuses, impacts of modern travel. |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harp, Stephen L. Riviera, exposed Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501763014 (DLC) 2021036794 |
| ISBN |
9781501763038 electronic book |
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1501763032 electronic book |
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9781501763021 electronic book |
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1501763024 electronic book |
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9781501763014 hardcover |
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