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Author Hillyer, Reiko, 1969-

Title Designing Dixie : tourism, memory, and urban space in the new South / Reiko Hillyer
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series American South Series
American South series.
Contents "Go south": Yankee travel to the South and the ruins of Reconstruction -- From Old South to Old Spain : Flagler's resort hotels and sectional reconciliation in St. Augustine -- "On to Richmond" : Richmond and the new Dominion -- "The Chicago of the South": Atlanta and the new South creed -- Conclusion: The legacies of Southern hospitality
Summary "This book recounts how forward-looking Southern boosters, entrepreneurs, and architects in St. Augustine, Richmond, and Atlanta carefully crafted usable pasts to promote sectional reconciliation and attract northern tourists and investors after the Civil War"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject City promotion -- Southern States -- History
City promotion -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History
City promotion -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History
City promotion -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History
Tourism -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History
Memory -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History
Public spaces -- Southern States -- History
Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Advertising & Promotion.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Capitalism -- Social aspects
City promotion
Memory -- Social aspects
Public spaces
Social conditions
Tourism -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004000
Subject Florida -- Saint Augustine
Georgia -- Atlanta
Southern States
Virginia -- Richmond
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813936710
0813936713