American Tourism
Constructing a National Tradition
Distributed for Columbia College Chicago Press
325 pages
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74 halftones
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6 x 9
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© 2012
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.
Written by leading academic and public historians, writers, and tourism professionals, the thirty-five lively, illustrated essays that comprise this volume illuminate the visionaries who created such iconic destinations and the business models that sustained them. Covering issues of design, culture, and impact, American Tourism will appeal to scholars, tourism professionals, and armchair travellers alike.
Contents
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, San 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 and 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
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, San 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 and 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
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