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Faith in bikinis : politics and leisure in the coastal South since the Civil War /

"This is a study of six beach resort communities on the U.S. South's Atlantic and Gulf coasts: Galveston, Biloxi, Panama City, St. Augustine, Myrtle Beach, and Virginia Beach. As these cities became leisure destinations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Anthony Stanonis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stanonis, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Colección:Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Heading South 1; Chapter 1. Coastal Empires: Southern Beach Resorts and the Rise of the Sunbelt; Chapter 2. Sand Storms: Mosquitoes, Hurricanes, and the Environmental Movement; Chapter 3. Black and Tan: Race, Tanning, and the Civil Rights Movement; Chapter 4. Beach Belles: Femininity, Religion, and the Sexual Revolution; Chapter 5. Wet Lands: Moonshine, Gambling, and the Slow Death of Prohibition; Epilogue. Sunbelt Fetes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.