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Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina
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South Carolina Historical Magazine
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July 1, 2006
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Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina. By Richard D. Starnes. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2005. Pp. ix, 240; $35.00, cloth.)
In this fascinating book, Richard D. Starnes, an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University, examines the impact that tourism had on western North Carolina between 1800 and the late twentieth century. Starnes argues that tourism played an important role in shaping the region's economic and social history. Western North Carolina's most important industry, it encouraged entrepreneurship, created jobs, and generated much needed revenue. According to Starnes, however, tourism's reach extended far ...
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