Preface Introduction - Travel and Tropical Romance: Understanding Caribbean Tourism through Gender Chapter 1 - "Just on the Edge of Adventure:" Women Explorers, Social Science, and the Caribbean's "Rich, Unexplored Field" (1910s-1920s) Chapter 2 - Timeless Playgrounds in an "Endless June:" Women and the Travel Infrastructures of the 1910s-1930s Chapter 3 - "The Fraternity Who Love the Islands:" Tourism Development and the Scripting of Caribbean Culture (1925-1945) Chapter 4 - Creating "Caribbean Vacationlands:" Concocting the Cultured Tropicalities of Post-War Travel (1945-1960) Chapter 5 - A "Rich and Cosmopolitan Past:" Women and the Solidification of Island Romance (1960-1980) Conclusion - Building Something Different? Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index Preface vii Introduction Travel and Tropical Romance: Understanding Caribbean Tourism through Gender 1 1 "Just on the Edge of Adventure": Women Explorers, Social Science, and the Caribbean's "Rich, Unexplored Field" (1910s-1920s) 16 2 Timeless Playgrounds in an "Endless June": Women and the Travel Infrastructures of the Interwar Caribbean (1910s-1930s) 37 3 "The Fraternity Who Love the Islands": Tourism Development and the Scripting of Caribbean Culture (1925-1945) 59 4 Creating "Caribbean Vacationlands": Concocting the Cultured Tropicalities of Postwar Travel (1945-1960) 82 5 A "Rich and Cosmopolitan Past": Women and the Solidification of Island Romance (1960-1980) 104 Conclusion Building Something Different? 127 Acknowledgments 139 Notes 143 Bibliography 181 Index 000.