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The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry : Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night /

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Berger argues that tourism was forged by Mexico's government in 1928 as the cornerstone of state-led modernization programmes. Berger presents tourism as the leading and influential facet of the post-revolutionary modernization programme. She also examines how tourism fostered nationalism and u...

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Main Author: Berger, Dina (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:New directions in Latino American cultures.
Subjects:
History.
History of the Americas.
Latin American Culture.
Sociology, general.
Tourism Management.
Ethnology > Latin America.
Management.
Sociology.
Tourism.
America > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Berger argues that tourism was forged by Mexico's government in 1928 as the cornerstone of state-led modernization programmes. Berger presents tourism as the leading and influential facet of the post-revolutionary modernization programme. She also examines how tourism fostered nationalism and unity, and emerged as a new form of foreign diplomacy.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVII, 164 pages 4 illustrations)
ISBN:9781403982865
DOI:10.1057/9781403982865