Description |
1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Table of Contents vii; List of Illustrations ix; Acknowledgments xi; Introduction 1; I The South as American-1840-1860 9; 1 Saratoga! Fiddlesticks!Mineral Springs and Picturesque Scenery 11; II Reconstructing a Southern Landscape-1870-1890 37; 2 A Shadow of Romance: Nostalgia in the Mountain South 39; 3 Streamers of Funereal Moss: Gothicizing the Southern Swamps 68; III African Americans in the Tourist Landscape-1870-1920 97; 4 True Relics of the Old South: Slave Stereotypes and Tourism 99; IV Solidifying the Old South-1890-1920 135 |
Summary |
Less than a decade after the conclusion of the Civil War, northern promoters began pushing images of a mythic South to boost tourism. By creating a hierarchical relationship based on region and race in which northerners were always superior, promoters saw tourist dollars begin flowing southward, but this cultural construction was damaging to southerners, particularly African Americans |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Tourism -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History
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Brochures -- Southern States -- History
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Travel in literature.
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Group identity -- Southern States -- History
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Southern States -- History
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TRAVEL -- United States -- South -- General.
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TRAVEL -- United States -- South -- South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
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Brochures
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Group identity
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Manners and customs
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Tourism -- Social aspects
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Travel in literature
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Southern States -- Social life and customs.
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Southern States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780813040691 |
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0813040698 |
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0813038669 |
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9780813038667 |
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