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Tourism and cultural change in Costa Rica : pitfalls and possibilities
- Title
- Tourism and cultural change in Costa Rica : pitfalls and possibilities / Karen Stocker.
- Author
- Stocker, Karen.
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc., [2013]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 320 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Methodological considerations -- Community portraits: two beach towns -- Nambué, the Chorotega reservation: portrait of a community on the cusp of tourism -- Montañosa, the rainforest community -- "The cows will be your university!": Positive effects of tourism -- Negative effects of tourism -- Performing local life in the reservation -- Performing identity in the other communities of study -- Sanitized tours of exploitative work zones: the nexus of tourism and its alternatives -- Striking a balance: possibilities for responsible tourism.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-7453
- ISBN
- 9780739140215 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 0739140213 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 073914023X (electronic)
- 9780739140239 (electronic)
- 9780739140239 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013010684
- OCLC
- 828884613
- Author
- Stocker, Karen.
- Title
- Tourism and cultural change in Costa Rica : pitfalls and possibilities / Karen Stocker.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc., [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-7453