Tourism By Rosalie Cuba Summary

Rosalie Schwartz analyzes tourism during the Twentieth Century in Cuba. She focuses mainly on the 1920s, 1950s, and then ending with the 1990s. In the introduction, Schwartz briefly describes and makes the point that her research is based not on the history of tourism, but that tourism as history is the focal point. She looks at tourism from the aspects of behavior, attitudes, and cultures that influenced tourism in Cuba. Schwartz’s historical issue gives attention to the impact that Cuba’s tourism had on the social change that would leave an everlasting impact on the culture, behavior, and country as a whole. The historiography in this novel covers a huge century in the world, especially the connection that North America has with Cuba because of the close proximity of these two countries. It started in the1920s in and around Havana as many North Americans revamped the city. This was during the prohibition in America, which ultimately led to wealthy Americans traveling to Cuba for gambling and drinking. One of the significant time periods that affected Cuban tourism was during the Great Depression in America; which led to

Her evidence and use of pictures brought a sense of an image to this story’s timeline that she created for the reader. She successfully went through the Twentieth Century in complete order, and it gave a sense of organization to Schwartz’s writing, which ultimately led to an easier read for the audience. She makes her case by using factual information, primary sources, secondary sources, and images as sources to show the impact of tourism. She defines tourism in Cuba as an idiosyncratic industry that left influences throughout the history of this country. She in addition makes her case by describing the social change of tourist and the idea of tourism throughout the important decades for the