An Eye for the Tropics: Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque

An Eye for the Tropics

Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque

2006 • 426 pages

A beautifully illustrated look at the aesthetics and implications of the visual images used to sell Jamaica and the Bahamas to tourists as "tropical paradises" from the 1880s through the 1930s.

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Objects/Histories

Objects/Histories is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Krista A. Thompson and Mary Roberts.

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