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The Riviera, exposed : an ecohistory of postwar tourism and North African labor / Stephen L. Harp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harp, Stephen L., author.
- Series:
- Histories and Cultures of Tourism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism--France--Riviera--History--20th century.
- Tourism.
- Riviera (France)--History--20th century.
- Riviera (France).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, [2022]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Harp, Stephen L. The Riviera, Exposed
- ISBN:
- 9781501773549
- 1501773542
- 9781501763038
- 1501763032
- OCLC:
- 1311326746
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