Mythic frontiers : remembering, forgetting, and profiting with cultural heritage tourism /

This is a study of the creation of Fort Smith, Arkansas, an imagined Wild West town for tourists complete with Native Americans, nineteenth-century hangings, prostitutes and bootleggers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maher, Daniel R. (Author)
Other Authors: Shackel, Paul A. (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Series:Cultural heritage studies.
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Description
Summary:This is a study of the creation of Fort Smith, Arkansas, an imagined Wild West town for tourists complete with Native Americans, nineteenth-century hangings, prostitutes and bootleggers.
Physical Description:xvi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813062532
0813062535