Designing Dixie : tourism, memory, and urban space in the new South / Reiko Hillyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillyer, Reiko, 1969- author.

Series:

American South series

The American South series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City promotion--Southern States--History.

City promotion.

City promotion--Florida--Saint Augustine--History.

City promotion--Virginia--Richmond--History.

City promotion--Georgia--Atlanta--History.

Tourism--Social aspects--Southern States--History.

Tourism.

Memory--Social aspects--Southern States--History.

Memory.

Public spaces--Southern States--History.

Public spaces.

Reconciliation--Social aspects--Southern States--History.

Reconciliation.

Capitalism--Social aspects--Southern States--History.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

History.

Social aspects.

Memory--Social aspects.

Tourism--Social aspects.

Southern States--Social conditions--1865-1945.

Southern States.

Social conditions.

Georgia--Atlanta.

Virginia--Richmond.

Florida--Saint Augustine.

Physical Description:

xi, 266 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813936703

0813936705

OCLC:

880566191