Towards a political geography of hotels: Southern Rhodesia, 1958-1962

Political Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 215-224

  Craggs, Ruth ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour bar; Hospitality; Hotels; Multi racialism; Political geography; Southern Rhodesia

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; RACE;

ZIMBABWE;

ARMERIA;

EID: 84860890284     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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