Destination Dixie Tourism and Southern History

Summary: Once upon a time, it was impossible to drive through the South without coming across signs to ""See Rock City"" or similar tourist attractions. From battlegrounds to birthplaces, and sites in between, heritage tourism has always been part of how the South attracts visitors--and defines itself--yet such sites are often understudied in the scholarly literature. As the contributors to this volume make clear, the narrative of southern history told at these sites is often complicated by race, influenced by local politics, and shaped by competing memories. Included are essays on the meanin.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813042589
ISBN: 0813042585
ISBN: 9780813043494
ISBN: 0813043492
ISBN: 9780813042374
ISBN: 0813042372
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (328 pages)
Publisher: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:mar.13 CatBulkString:mar.12.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: People & Places; 1 Persistence of Fiction: One Hundred Years of Tom Sawyer at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home; 2 From "Lawrence County Negro" to National Hero: The Commemoration of Jesse Owens in Alabama; 3 Saving "The Dump": Race and the Restoration of the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta; 4 "A Tradition-Conscious Cotton City": (East) Tupelo, Mississippi, Birthplace of Elvis Presley; Part Two: Race & Slavery; 5 "History as Tourist Bait": Inventing Somerset Place State Historic Site, 1939-1969.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.