Title & Author:

American tourism : constructing a national tradition / edited by J. Mark Souther and Nicholas Dagen Bloom.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Center for American Places, 2012.

Description:

xxix, 325 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- The Adirondacks, New York / Hallie E. Bond -- Aspen, Colorado / E. Duke Richey -- Atlantic City, New Jersey / Bryant Simon -- Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee / Robert Russell -- Chautauqua, New York / Andrew C. Rieser -- Chinatown, Span Francisco, California / Raymond W. Rast -- Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia / Anders Greenspan -- Cooperstown, New York / William S. Walker -- Disneyland, Anaheim, California / J. Philip Gruen -- El Camino Real, California / Phoebe S.K. Young -- Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, Massachusetts / Nicholas Dagen Bloom -- French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana / J. Mark Souther -- Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri / Andrew Hurley -- Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee / C. Brenden Martin -- Grand Canyon, Arizona / Lincoln Bramwell -- Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois / Timothy J. Gilfoyle -- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina / James Tuten -- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California / Ken Breisch -- Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Charlene Mires -- Las Vegas, Nevada / Eugene P. Moehring -- Mackinac Island, Michigan / Steve Brisson -- Miami Beach, Florida / Robin F. Bachin, James F. Donnelly -- Naples, Florida / Aaron Cowan -- New Glarus, Wisconsin / Steven Hoelscher -- New York, New York / Art M. Blake -- Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California / Lynn C. Kronzek -- Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington / Judy Mattivi Morley -- River Walk, San Antonio, Texas / Char Miller -- San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California / Kyle Ciani -- Santa Fe, New Mexico / Jay M. Price -- Silver Springs, Ocala, Florida / Tom Berson -- South of the Border, Dillon, South Carolina / Meeghan Kane -- Tombstone, Arizona / Kevin Britz -- Venice, Los Angeles, California / J. Philip Gruen -- Wall Drug, Wall, South Dakota / Troy Henderson -- Notes and Additional Sources -- About the Contributors.

Summary:

"American Tourism reveals the remarkable stories behind the places Americans love to visit. From Independence Hall to Las Vegas, and from Silver Springs to Seattle's Pike Place Market, the collection pulls back the curtain on many of America's most successful tourist attractions to reveal the carefully hidden transformations that turn places into destinations. Readers will discover that a powerful creative process, rather than chance, has separated the enduring attractions from the many failures that litter the highways and byways of tourism history.

ISBN:

9781935195238
1935195239

Subject:

Tourism United States.
National characteristics, American.
Tourism.
Travel.
Sehenswürdigkeit
Tourismus
United States Description and travel.
États-Unis Descriptions et voyages.
United States.
USA

Added entries:

Souther, Jonathan Mark, 1971-
Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278683
Call No.: BIB 214289
Status: Available