Devil's bargains
Subtitle: tourism in the twentieth-century American West
By: Hal K. Rothman.
Series: Development of western resources
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: Tourism -- West (U.S.)
Description: The West is popularly perceived as America's last outpost of unfettered opportunity, but twentieth-century corporate tourism has transformed it into America's "land of opportunism." From Sun Valley to Santa Fe, towns throughout the West have been turned over to outsiders - and not just to those who visit and move on, but to those who stay and control.

Although tourism has been a blessing for many, bringing economic and cultural prosperity to communities without obvious means of support or allowing towns on the brink of extinction to renew themselves, the costs on more intangible levels may be said to outweigh the benefits and be a devil's bargain in the making. Hal Rothman examines the effect of twentieth-century tourism on the West and exposes that industry's darker side.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-425) and index.