The Riviera, Exposed (eBook)

An Ecohistory of Postwar Tourism and North African Labor

Stephen L. Harp (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
306 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-6303-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A sweeping social and environmental history, The Riviera, Exposed illuminates the profound changes to the physical space that we know as the quintessential European tourist destination. Stephen L. Harp uncovers the behind-the-scenes impact of tourism following World War II, both on the environment and on the people living and working on the Riviera, particularly North African laborers, who not only did much of the literal rebuilding of the Riviera but also suffered in that process.

Outside of Paris, the Riviera has been the most visited region in France, depending almost exclusively on tourism as its economic lifeline. Until recently, we knew a great deal about the tourists but much less about the social and environmental impacts of their activities or about the life stories of the North African workers upon whom the Riviera's prosperity rests. The technologies embedded in roads, airports, hotels, water lines, sewers, beaches, and marinas all required human intervention—and travelers were encouraged to disregard this intervention. Harp's sharp analysis explores the impacts of massive construction and public works projects, revealing the invisible infrastructure of tourism, its environmental effects, and the immigrants who built the Riviera.

The Riviera, Exposed unearths a gritty history, one of human labor and ecological degradation that forms the true foundation of the glamorous Riviera of tourist mythology.

Autor

Stephen L. Harp is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Akron. He is the author of A World History of Rubber, Au Naturel, and Marketing Michelin.

Inhalt

Introduction: The Hidden Riviera
1. Building Hotels and Housing for the Rich and the Rest
2. Reconstructing the Riviera, Sleeping in Squats and Shantytowns
3. Providing Potable Water and WCs
4. Fattening Up Beaches and Polluting the Mediterranean
5. Erecting an Airport and Living with Jet Planes
6. Remaking Roads and Disciplining Drivers
Epilogue: The More Things Change

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Histories and Cultures of Tourism
• Reihe/Serie: Histories and Cultures of Tourism
• Vorwort: Eric G. E. Zuelow
• Zusatzinfo: 20 b&w halftones, 4 maps
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: history of tourism, french riviera tourism after world war II, tourism’s impact on environment, trente glorieuses, impacts of modern travel
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-6303-2 / 1501763032
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-6303-8 / 9781501763038