This book offers important perspectives on the experience of modernity in China and reveals the dynamic responses of ethnic minorities as they encounter the forces of state sponsored modernization.

List of Figures List of Tables Glossary Preface Introduction 1. Tourism and Modernity 2. Place and Process in the Tourist Political Economy 3. Colonizing a barren and profitless place 4. False Modern Triumphant: Tourism and Cultural Development in Guizhou 5. Reclaiming the Tourist Landscape 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography

Tim Oakes is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.