Development Design (Hardback)
Hotels and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
Pages: 304
Illustrations: 67 mix of color and b&w
ISBN: 9780822948605
Published: 30th September 2025
Script Academic & Professional
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
Pages: 304
Illustrations: 67 mix of color and b&w
ISBN: 9780822948605
Published: 30th September 2025
Script Academic & Professional
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Underneath picturesque views of palm trees, fruity cocktails in hotel lounges, and day trips to preserved colonial zones lies a history of tourism design that intersects with larger projects of development and national and cultural identity formation. Locating modernity and coloniality as the key framework within which tourism development takes place, Development Design focuses on hotel design and its relation to larger urban and rural landscapes to uncover the way these seemingly carefree spaces are bound to local politics and international relations. Focusing on three sites in the Hispanic Caribbean—San Juan, Ciudad Trujillo, and Havana—Morawski traces different attitudes and approaches to tourism and its material design through five hotels that serve as case studies. Through examination of wicker chairs and lobby interiors, architecture and landscaping, public works and urban planning, Development Design illustrates the integral role hotel design played in negotiated and contested histories of development in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba.
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