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

By:

Maher, Daniel R [Author]

Contributor(s):

Shackel, Paul A []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813055992

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

F419 .M984 2016

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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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