Sacred places : American tourist attractions in the nineteenth century / John F. Sears.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sears, John F., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Description and travel.

United States.

Tourism--United States--History--19th century.

Tourism.

Travelers--United States--19th century.

Travelers.

Travelers--United States--History--19th century.

Travel.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

This book explores the cultural needs that tourism fulfilled in 19th century America by examining the new nation's most important tourist attractions, such as Niagara Falls, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Mammoth Cave, and Yosemite.

Contents:

Introduction

"Doing" Niagara Falls in the Nineteenth Century

Mammoth Cave: Theater of the Cosmic

Panoramas of American Civilization: The Connecticut and the Hudson

The Making of an American Tourist Attraction: The Willey House in the White Mountains

Prisons, Asylums, Cemeteries, Parks

Scenery as Art: Yosemite and the Big Trees

Yellowstone and "The Wild West"

Tourism and the Industrial Age: Niagara Falls and Mauch Chunk

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.

ISBN:

0195053508

9780195053500

OCLC:

18624318

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