| Titre |
Selling the African Wilds : A History of the Safari Tourism Industry in East Africa, 1900-1939 |
| Type de publication |
Thèse et mémoire |
| Année de soutenance |
2015
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| Auteur |
Trevor Mark SIMMONS
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| Nombre de pages |
xv-507
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| Université |
The University of Texas
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| Ville |
Austin
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| Genre |
essai - étude
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| Pays de soutenance |
États-Unis
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| Résumé/Présentation |
"This dissertation examines the rise and development of the safari tourism industry in the British East Africa Protectorate (later Kenya) between 1900 and 1939. It shows how the establishment of British rule and the introduction of modern transportation technology made East Africa accessible and gradually transformed the region into a tourist attraction of great economic value that would come to be managed by imperial powers, advertised in a globalized marketplace, and visited by tourists who desired to hunt, photograph, and observe East Africa's abundant wildlife on an adventure known as the "safari." It became a lucrative business. [...]" (Wocldcat, 10.2020)
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| Référence complète |
Simmons, Trevor Mark. Selling the African Wilds : A History of the Safari Tourism Industry in East Africa, 1900-1939. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2015, xv, 507 leaves) : illustrations
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