Making Machu Picchu : the politics of tourism in twentieth-century Peru / Mark Rice.

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Rice, Mark, active 2012- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781469643540
1469643545
9781469643557
1469643553

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making Machu Picchu.DDC classification:

985/.37 23

LOC classification:

F3429.1.M3 R524 2018eb

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Contents:

Making the "modern" destination, 1900-1934 -- Good neighbors, tourism, and nationalism, 1930-1948 -- Disaster destinations, 1948-1960 -- The junta and the jipis, 1960-1975 -- Between Maoists and millionaires, 1975-1996.

Summary: This text examines the transformation of Machu Picchu from an obscure archaeological site into a global tourist destination and national symbol of Peru. The author illustrates how, from the very start, tourism played a central role in the modern rise of Machu Picchu. The leaders of Cusco, where Machu Picchu is located, employed tourism to argue for the importance of their region at a time when Peru's national leaders believed that the Andean interior offered little cultural and economic opportunities.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This text examines the transformation of Machu Picchu from an obscure archaeological site into a global tourist destination and national symbol of Peru. The author illustrates how, from the very start, tourism played a central role in the modern rise of Machu Picchu. The leaders of Cusco, where Machu Picchu is located, employed tourism to argue for the importance of their region at a time when Peru's national leaders believed that the Andean interior offered little cultural and economic opportunities.

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