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Author Hillyer, Reiko, 1969-

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

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series American South Series
American South series.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject City promotion -- Southern States -- History.
City promotion.
Southern States.
History.
City promotion -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History.
Florida -- Saint Augustine.
City promotion -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History.
Virginia -- Richmond.
City promotion -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History.
Georgia -- Atlanta.
Tourism -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History.
Tourism -- Social aspects.
Memory -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History.
Memory -- Social aspects.
Memory.
Public spaces -- Southern States -- History.
Public spaces.
Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History.
Reconciliation.
Social aspects.
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History.
Capitalism -- Social aspects.
Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1945.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1865-1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hillyer, Reiko, 1969- Designing Dixie 9780813936703 (DLC) 2014023122 (OCoLC)880566191
ISBN 9780813936710 (electronic book)
0813936713 (electronic book)
9780813936703
0813936705