Autor: Richard D. Starnes

To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled th …

To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled th …

Social and political history of the modern South. This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region s poor, racial mores and race relations, econom …

The first collection of its kind to examine tourism as a complicated and vital force in southern history, culture, and economics Anyone who has seen Rock City, wandered the grounds of Graceland, hike …

A sophisticated inquiry into tourism’s social and economic power across the South.In the early 19th century, planter families from South Carolina, Georgia, and eastern North Carolina left their low-c …