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200 10$aCreating the land of the sky $etourism and society in western North Carolina /$fRichard D. Starnes
205   $a1st ed.
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.
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700   $aStarnes$b Richard D.$f1970-$01624512
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