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Footprints, Frontiers, and Empires: Latin American Tourism Development, 1840–1959
Author(s) -
Ward Evan R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/hic3.12125
Subject(s) - scholarship , frontier , latin americans , tourism , empire , state (computer science) , investment (military) , economy , political science , history , economics , ancient history , law , algorithm , politics , computer science
Abstract This article explores the first era of tourism development in Latin America, focusing on the historical scholarship and methodologies that have best helped us to understand tourisms relationship to the growth and expansion of economic and cultural frontiers that accompanied the evolution of North American empire from the early 1840s until 1959. Recent scholarship makes a strong connection between tourists, economic frontiers, and the establishment of empire in the Caribbean basin and Mexico. This “first frontier” of tourism development coincided with state and private investment, distinguishing it from the later “second frontier” that was noted for technical and financial aid from international aid organizations.