Souvenirs of the Old South : Northern Tourism and Southern Mythology /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McIntyre, Rebecca Cawood
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Travel in literature.
Tourism > Social aspects.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Manners and customs.
Group identity.
Brochures.
TRAVEL > United States > South > South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
TRAVEL > United States > South > General.
Stereotypes > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Identite collective > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Voyage dans la litterature.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Southern States > History.
Group identity > Southern States > History.
Brochures > Southern States > History.
Tourism > Social aspects > Southern States > History.
Southern States.
Southern States > Social life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813040691

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