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Mythic frontiers : remembering, forgetting, and profiting with cultural heritage tourism / Daniel R. Maher ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813055992
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F419 .M984 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Scope and content: 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.
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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.

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