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A 5 page paper that examines the evolution of entertainment tourism and its impact on the socioeconomic structure of modern America as presented by author/historian Hal K. Rothman in his 1998 book Devil's Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West. Included is a discussion of how cultural and heritage tourism and recreational tourism each reflected a distinct socioeconomic era in American history and how their consumption by modern entertainment tourism reflects the cultural logic of late capitalism. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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sounds and feel of the rain forest. As you breathe the thick, humid tropical air and smell the heavy, dense mixture of damp earth and green growing things, you
transcend time and space and are transported to the primeval, the savage, the untouched. Like Alice, you have come through the looking glass, the magic mirror that in this
fairy tale is represented by a thick door of translucent glass that seals off the real world with a soft, semi-silent swoosh each time a new Alice tumbles through.
A real world in which other magic mirrors await within the charmed circle of a few short city blocks, mirrors that will lead you into the hollow tunnels of Egypts
pyramids or whisk you down the yellow brick road to Oz. Welcome to the heart of Americas Wonderland, Las Vegas, Nevada, the New Version of the Old West and the
mecca of what has been termed by environmental historian and author Hal K. Rothman "entertainment tourism" (1998; PG). It is a type of tourism that caters to the every
whim of the consumer, a magic mirror that reads the minds of the American public then conjures an image that reflects back to this public only what they wish to
see. A type of tourism, according to Rothmans 1998 book Devils Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West, literally sells the soul of all that it promotes, "despite
its reputation as a panacea for the economic ills of places that have lost their way in the postindustrial world" (p. 1). Devils Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American
West is a history book, a socioeconomic book and a travel guide wrapped into one volume. In this informative book, Rothman defines the history of tourism as it developed
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