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Myrtle Beach : a history, 1900-1980 / Barbara F. Stokes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stokes, Barbara F., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism.
- History.
- Summer resorts.
- Seaside resorts.
- Myrtle Beach (S.C.)--History--20th century.
- Myrtle Beach (S.C.).
- Seaside resorts--South Carolina--Myrtle Beach--History--20th century.
- Summer resorts--South Carolina--Myrtle Beach--History--20th century.
- Tourism--South Carolina--Myrtle Beach--History--20th century.
- Myrtle Beach (S.C.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Myrtle Beach (S.C.)--Biography.
- Myrtle Beach (S.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- South Carolina--Myrtle Beach.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Barbara F. Stokes provides the first comprehensive history of Myrtle Beachs quick rise to prominence as she maps the development of the Grand Strands centerpiece.
- Contents:
- 1 From the Earliest Inhabitants to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century 1
- 2 Transformation of the Sand 10
- 3 Depression-Era Developments 23
- 4 War Comes to the Beach 45
- 5 Natural and Environmental History of the Grand Strand 63
- 6 The Ties That Bind Us Together-Religion and Education 70
- 7 The Pavilion: A Monument to Community, Tourism, and Memory 85
- 8 Family-Owned and -Operated 97
- 9 Tourism 120
- 10 Myrtle Beach, the City 1937-1980 135
- 11 Grand Strand Leisure 158
- 12 Hurricane Hazel and Its Transformation of the Grand Strand 168
- 13 The African American Community 185.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781570036972
- 1570036977
- OCLC:
- 154677301
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