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Souvenirs of the old South : Northern tourism and Southern mythology /
Less than a decade after the conclusion of the Civil War, northern promoters began pushing images of a mythic South to boost tourism. By creating a hierarchical relationship based on region and race in which northerners were always superior, promoters saw tourist dollars begin flowing southward, but...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Less than a decade after the conclusion of the Civil War, northern promoters began pushing images of a mythic South to boost tourism. By creating a hierarchical relationship based on region and race in which northerners were always superior, promoters saw tourist dollars begin flowing southward, but this cultural construction was damaging to southerners, particularly African Americans. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813040691 0813040698 0813038669 9780813038667 |