Souvenirs of the old South [electronic resource] : Northern tourism and Southern mythology / Rebecca Cawood McIntyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntyre, Rebecca Cawood.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Tourism.

Brochures--Southern States--History.

Brochures.

Travel in literature.

Group identity--Southern States--History.

Group identity.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Southern States--History.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Southern States--Social life and customs.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 215 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rebecca McIntyre focuses on the years between 1870 and 1920, a period framed by the war and the growth of automobile tourism. These years were critical in the creation of the South's modern identity, and she reveals that tourism images created by northerners for northerners had as much effect on making the South 'southern' as did the most ardent proponents of the Lost Cause.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents vii

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

I The South as American-1840-1860 9

1 Saratoga! Fiddlesticks!Mineral Springs and Picturesque Scenery 11

II Reconstructing a Southern Landscape-1870-1890 37

2 A Shadow of Romance: Nostalgia in the Mountain South 39

3 Streamers of Funereal Moss: Gothicizing the Southern Swamps 68

III African Americans in the Tourist Landscape-1870-1920 97

4 True Relics of the Old South: Slave Stereotypes and Tourism 99

IV Solidifying the Old South-1890-1920 135

5 The Biloxi Fever: Leisure and Laziness in the Tourist Landscape 137

6 The Flavor of Other Days: Aristocracy and Tourism 152

7 Conclusion 167

Notes 171

Bibliography 191

Index 209.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-3866-9

0-8130-4069-8

OCLC:

751978000