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Designing Dixie tourism, memory, and urban space in the new South

Title
Designing Dixie [electronic resource] : tourism, memory, and urban space in the new South / Reiko Hillyer.
Author
Hillyer, Reiko, 1969-
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 266 pages)
Summary
"This book recounts how forward-looking Southern boosters, entrepreneurs, and architects in St. Augustine, Richmond, and Atlanta carefully crafted usable pasts to promote sectional reconciliation and attract northern tourists and investors after the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
The American South series
Uniform Title
Designing Dixie (Online)
Alternative Title
Designing Dixie (Online)
Subject
  • City promotion > Southern States > History
  • City promotion > Florida > Saint Augustine > History
  • City promotion > Virginia > Richmond > History
  • City promotion > Georgia > Atlanta > History
  • Tourism > Social aspects > History. > Southern States
  • Memory > Social aspects > History. > Southern States
  • Public spaces > Southern States > History
  • Reconciliation > Social aspects > History. > Southern States
  • Capitalism > Social aspects > History. > Southern States
  • Southern States > Social conditions > 1865-1945
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
"Go south": Yankee travel to the South and the ruins of Reconstruction -- From Old South to Old Spain : Flagler's resort hotels and sectional reconciliation in St. Augustine -- "On to Richmond" : Richmond and the new Dominion -- "The Chicago of the South": Atlanta and the new South creed -- Conclusion: The legacies of Southern hospitality.
LCCN
2014023122
OCLC
ssj0001378309
Author
Hillyer, Reiko, 1969-
Title
Designing Dixie [electronic resource] : tourism, memory, and urban space in the new South / Reiko Hillyer.
Imprint
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Series
The American South series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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