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

Maher, Daniel R.,

Mythic frontiers : remembering, forgetting, and profiting with cultural heritage tourism / Daniel R. Maher ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) : illustrations - Cultural heritage studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The significance of the frontier complex in American history -- The frontier complex in Fort Smith, Arkansas -- The peacekeeper's violence -- The hanging judge's injustices -- The invincible marshal's oppression -- The hello bordello and brave men matrix -- Performing "Frontier in the attic" -- Doubling down on the wager of frontier 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.



9780813055992


Heritage tourism--Arkansas--Fort Smith.
Culture and tourism--Arkansas--Fort Smith.
Tourism--Arkansas--Fort Smith.
Frontier and pioneer life--Arkansas--Fort Smith.


Electronic Books.

F419 / .M984 2016