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

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"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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stanonis, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Series:Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
Subjects:
1865-1950
Leisure > Political aspects > Southern States > History.
Tourism > Political aspects > Southern States > History.
Seaside resorts > Southern States > History.
Seaside resorts > Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) > History.
Seaside resorts > Gulf Coast (U.S.) > History.
Social change > Southern States > History.
Loisir > Aspect politique > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Stations balnéaires > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Stations balnéaires > Mexique, Côte du golfe du (États-Unis) > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Economic history
Leisure > Political aspects
Politics and government
Race relations
Seaside resorts
Social change
Social conditions
Tourism > Political aspects
Southern States > Social conditions > 1865-1945.
Southern States > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Southern States > Race relations.
Southern States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 1865-1945.
États-Unis (Sud) > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions économiques.
Southern States
United States > Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)
United States > Gulf Coast
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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