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Loading... Beachheads: War, Peace, and Tourism in Postwar Okinawa (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives)by Gerald Figal
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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 No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)952.294History and Geography Asia Japan Kyushu and Okinawa Okinawa Okinawa islandLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings. |