LEADER 03191nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910781120703321 005 20230207231323.0 010 $a0-8173-8302-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019450 035 $a(EBL)547674 035 $a(OCoLC)650060155 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000457498 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11325274 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457498 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10415093 035 $a(PQKB)10584712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547674 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9241 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547674 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408238 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019450 100 $a20041216d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreating the land of the sky$b[electronic resource] $etourism and society in western North Carolina /$fRichard D. Starnes 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 225 1 $aThe modern South 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5604-5 311 $a0-8173-1462-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a A sophisticated inquiry into tourism's social and economic power across the South. In the early 19th century, planter families from South Carolina, Georgia, and eastern North Carolina left their low-country estates during the summer to relocate their households to vacation homes in the mountains of western North Carolina. Those unable to afford the expense of a second home relaxed at the hotels that emerged to meet their needs. This early tourist activity set the stage for tourism to become the region's New South industry. After 1865, the development of railroads and the buge 410 0$aModern South. 606 $aTourism$zNorth Carolina$xHistory 606 $aTourism$xSocial aspects$zNorth Carolina$xHistory 606 $aMountain life$zNorth Carolina$xHistory 607 $aNorth Carolina$xSocial life and customs 607 $aNorth Carolina$xSocial conditions 607 $aNorth Carolina$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aTourism$xHistory. 615 0$aTourism$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aMountain life$xHistory. 676 $a338.4/791756 700 $aStarnes$b Richard D.$f1970-$01502525 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781120703321 996 $aCreating the land of the sky$93730356 997 $aUNINA