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The Riviera, exposed [electronic resource] : an ecohistory of postwar tourism and North African labor / Stephen L. Harp ; foreword by Eric G. E. Zuelow

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Harp, Stephen L.
Additional Titles
Ecohistory of postwar tourism and North African labor
Published
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Physical Description
xxii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Zuelow, Eric G. E.
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Contents
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 -- The More Things Change.
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"--
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9781501763014 (hardcover)
9781501763021 (pdf)
9781501763038 (epub)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.
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