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Blessed with tourists : the borderlands of religion and tourism in San Antonio / Thomas S. Bremer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bremer, Thomas S., 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism--Texas--San Antonio--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is one of hundreds of religious places in America and around the world where tourists have become a familiar presence. Thomas S. Bremer explores the intersection of tourism and commerce with religion in America, using the missions and other San Antonio sites as prime examples.
- Contents:
- Introduction : where tourists meet the sacred
- Destination San Antonio
- Alamo City
- Preserving a precious heritage
- Religion at the fair
- Inside the National Park
- Conclusion : reburying the past.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890879417
- 9780807876558
- 0807876550
- OCLC:
- 476236433
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