Beachheads : war, peace, and tourism in postwar Okinawa / Gerald Figal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Figal, Gerald A., 1962-

Series:

Asia/Pacific/perspectives.

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Japan--Okinawa Island--History--20th century.

Tourism.

Tourism--Government policy--Japan--History--20th century.

Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan--Okinawa Island.

Reconstruction (1939-1951).

Okinawa Island (Japan)--History--20th century.

Okinawa Island (Japan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

pt. 1. Grave and caves

pt. 2. Creations and recreations

pt. 3. Bases and beaches.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-22025-1

1-280-67993-X

9786613656865

1-4422-1583-6

OCLC:

798427854