03586nam 22006374a 450 991082510570332120240430203302.00-8173-8231-3(CKB)1000000000752919(EBL)438224(OCoLC)609839986(SSID)ssj0000284349(PQKBManifestationID)11236363(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284349(PQKBWorkID)10261434(PQKB)11130787(SSID)ssj0000366066(PQKBManifestationID)12136069(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366066(PQKBWorkID)10414256(PQKB)11179812(OCoLC)320323786(MdBmJHUP)muse8941(Au-PeEL)EBL438224(CaPaEBR)ebr10237175(MiAaPQ)EBC438224(EXLCZ)99100000000075291920021226d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSouthern journeys tourism, history, and culture in the modern south /edited by Richard D. Starnes1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20031 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1297-8 0-8173-5009-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "A Notorious Attraction": Sex and Tourism in New Orleans, 1897-1917; 2. Hillbillies and the Holy Land: The Development of Tourism in the Arkansas Ozarks; 3. Developing the Panhandle: Seagrove Beach, Seaside, Watercolor, and the Florida Tourist Tradition; 4. Public and Private Tourism Development in 1930's Appalachia: The Blue Ridge Parkway Meets Little Switzerland; 5. Making "America's Most Interesting City": Tourism and the Construction of Cultural Image in New Orleans, 1940-19846. Creating a "Variety Vacationland": Tourism Development in North Carolina, 1930-19907. From Millionaires to the Masses: Tourism at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 8. Astride the Plantation Gates: Tourism, Racial Politics, and the Development of Hilton Head Island; 9. The Road to Nowhere: Tourism Development versus Environmentalism in the Great Smoky Mountains; 10. Atlanta's Olympics and the Business of Tourism; 11. Nobody Knows the Troubles I've Seen, but Does Anyone Want to Hear about Them When They're on Vacation?; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; IndexThe first collection of its kind to examine tourism as a complicated and vital force in southern history, culture, and economics. Anyone who has seen Rock City, wandered the grounds of Graceland, hiked in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or watched the mermaids swim at Weeki Wachee knows the southern United States offers visitors a rich variety of scenic, cultural, and leisure activities. Tourism has been, and is still, one of the most powerful economic forces in the modern South. It is a multibillion-dollar industry that creates jobs and generates revenue while drawing visitors from arounTourismSouthern StatesHistorySouthern StatesSocial life and customsTourismHistory.338.4/7917504/09Starnes Richard D.1970-1624512MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825105703321Southern journeys3959520UNINA