03225nam 2200649 a 450 991045641330332120200520144314.00-8173-8302-6(CKB)2550000000019450(EBL)547674(OCoLC)650060155(SSID)ssj0000457498(PQKBManifestationID)11325274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457498(PQKBWorkID)10415093(PQKB)10584712(MiAaPQ)EBC547674(MdBmJHUP)muse9241(Au-PeEL)EBL547674(CaPaEBR)ebr10408238(EXLCZ)99255000000001945020041216d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreating the land of the sky[electronic resource] tourism and society in western North Carolina /Richard D. StarnesTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20051 online resource (258 p.)The modern SouthDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5604-5 0-8173-1462-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Sanitariums, Railroads, and the New South; 2. Building Image and Infrastructure: Tourism, Development, and Regional Identity, 1875-1930; 3. Metropolis of the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Urban Development in Asheville, North Carolina, 1880-1931; 4. "The Fellowship of Kindred Minds Is like to That Above": Religious Tourism in God's Country; 5. National Parks, Ski Resorts, and Second Homes: Mountain Tourism Development after 1930; 6. Life, Labor, and Culture in the Land of the Sky; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index A sophisticated inquiry into tourism's social and economic power across the South. In the early 19th century, planter families from South Carolina, Georgia, and eastern North Carolina left their low-country estates during the summer to relocate their households to vacation homes in the mountains of western North Carolina. Those unable to afford the expense of a second home relaxed at the hotels that emerged to meet their needs. This early tourist activity set the stage for tourism to become the region's New South industry. After 1865, the development of railroads and the bugeModern South.TourismNorth CarolinaHistoryTourismSocial aspectsNorth CarolinaHistoryMountain lifeNorth CarolinaHistoryNorth CarolinaSocial life and customsNorth CarolinaSocial conditionsNorth CarolinaEconomic conditionsElectronic books.TourismHistory.TourismSocial aspectsHistory.Mountain lifeHistory.338.4/791756Starnes Richard D.1970-1040115MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456413303321Creating the land of the sky2478043UNINA