Mythic Frontiers: Remebering, Forgetting, And Profiting With Cultural Herritage Tourism

Illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past have been used to turn a profit. Examining the imagined frontier town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Daniel Maher warns that disconnecting cultural heritage tourism from history minimizes the devastating consequences of imperialism, racism, and sexism and relegitimizes the privilege bestowed upon white men.

• | By (Author): Daniel R. Maher
• | Publisher: University Press of Florida
• | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 308 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0813062535
• | ISBN-13: 9780813062532