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

Author:: Figal, Gerald A., 1962-
Published:: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: xv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Availability

Finding items...

Series:

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Contents:

Tours among the ruins -- The touristification of sacred ground -- "Tropical image up" : landscape under (tourist) occupation -- Ryukyu restoration : Shuri Castle and Furusato Okinawa -- Military bases as tourist attraction -- Beach resort invasion -- Beyond postwar, beyond Okinawa Island.

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1939-1951)
1900 - 1999
Tourism—Japan—Okinawa Island—History—20th century
Tourism—Government policy—Japan—History—20th century
Reconstruction (1939-1951)—Japan—Okinawa Island
Tourism
Tourism—Government policy
Okinawa Island (Japan)—History—20th century
Japan
Japan—Okinawa Island

Genre(s):

History

ISBN:

9781442215818 (cloth : alk. paper)
144221581X (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased with funds from the Mary Sullivan Barber and S. Walter Sweet Arts and Humanities Collections Endowment; 2015

Endowment Note:

Mary Sullivan Barber and S. Walter Sweet Arts and Humanities Collections Endowment

View MARC record | catkey: 15000777