{"product_id":"destination-dixie-tourism-and-southern-history-paperback","title":"Destination Dixie: Tourism and Southern History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren L. Cox\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating narratives that examine challenging intersections of history, heritage, and memory encountered along the road to historic tourism.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A thought-provoking, finely wrought collection. . . . that reveals the complexities of telling and selling of southern history.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Especially compelling. . . . The wide span of case studies allows an in-depth understanding of the South and highlights an interesting tension between visitor expectations and the actual variety of historical and regional variation.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"Leads us to the important conclusion that heritage tourism is about how people put their selves and their histories into the public eye and the conflicts of representation that arise.\"--Erve Chambers, author of \u003ci\u003eNative Tours: The Anthropology of Travel and Tourism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe contributors to this volume explore the narrative of southern history and how it is often complicated by race, influenced by local politics, and shaped by competing memories.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren L. Cox\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eDixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and of \u003ci\u003eDreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757765689632,"sku":"9780813060262","price":43.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/64b476360ef90f0a9fd762fdc3a7e1f1.webp?v=1780111286","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/destination-dixie-tourism-and-southern-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}