Vacationland: Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country
- ISBN-10
- 0295994339
- ISBN-13
- 9780295994338
- Series
- Vacationland
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 497
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo
- Author
- William Philpott
Description
"Vacationland tells the story of the dramatic transformation of the Colorado high country, where a loose coalition of tourist boosters fashioned alluring images of nature and a multitude of local, state, and federal actors built the infrastructure for high-volume tourism. Together they created ski resorts, stocked trout streams, built motels and vacation villages, and made highway improvements that culminated in an entirely new corridor through the Rocky Mountains, Interstate 70"--Back cover.
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