Envisioning Eden

Salazar (social science, U. of Leuven, Belgium) spent 25 months conducting ethnographic field work research on the travel and tourism industries in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and in the Arusha region of Tanzania. This book contains a summary of Salazar's findings and presents his analysis of the ways in which a location's history and commercialization in mass media affect its tourism industry. The book's seven chapters include titles like "Imaging and Imagining Other Worlds" and "Fantasy Meets Reality." Although the subject matter is academic in nature, the content and writing style are approachable even for those without a background in anthropology. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)