Tropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. Catherine Cocks argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.

A Note on America and Americans
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Regulated Arcadia
Chapter 2. More and More Attractive Each Year
Chapter 3. Fountain of Youth
Chapter 4. Dressing for the Tropics
Chapter 5. Lands of Romance
Chapter 6. Spontaneous Capital Invisibly Exported
Chapter 7. The Most Ideal Winter Resorts
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments