{"product_id":"development-design-erica-morawski-9780822948605","title":"Development Design: Hotels and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean","description":"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, \u003ci\u003eDevelopment Design\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eDevelopment Design\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the integral role hotel design played in negotiated and contested histories of development in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica Morawski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822948605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822948605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Erica Morawski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47136064045311,"sku":"9780822948605","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4a2d1a6-facd-44ac-9e7a-283439e8136b.jpg?v=1755022243","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/development-design-erica-morawski-9780822948605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}