Destination Dixie: Tourism and Southern History
- ISBN-10
- 0813060265
- ISBN-13
- 9780813060262
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03
- Author
- Karen L. Cox
Description
An exploration of tourist locales that have been restored or adapted to preserve some aspect of the history of the American South.
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- 2018-03-15
- 336 pages
- Paperback
- University Press of Florida
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