Mythic Frontiers Remembering, Forgetting, and Profiting with Cultural Heritage Tourism |
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| Author:
| Maher, Daniel R. |
| Series title: | Cultural Heritage Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-6418-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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Illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past, especially those of the ""American frontier"", have been used to turn a profit. These imagined historical sites have effectively silenced the violent, oppressive, colonizing forces of manifest destiny and elevated principal architects of it to mythic heights.
Illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past, especially those of the ""American frontier"", have been used to turn a profit. These imagined historical sites have effectively silenced the violent, oppressive, colonizing forces of manifest destiny and elevated principal architects of it to mythic heights.