Sustaining Identity, Recapturing Heritage: Exploring Issues of Public History, Tourism, and Race in a Southern Rural Town

By Ann E. Denkler

Book Overview

This book explores the complex web of public history, tourism, and race in Luray, VA, a small town in the Shenandoah Valley ensconced in Lost Cause heritage. By utilizing a diverse range of methodologies, including ethnography, this book demonstrates how contested race relations are in this area, and how racial exclusion interacts with the politics of public history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739119915
• ISBN13: 9780739119914
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"