Hillbilly skits to Buford sticks : sustainable heritage tourism in Tennessee /

dc.contributor.authorBailey, Heatheren_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T15:55:26Z
dc.date.available2014-06-20T15:55:26Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.descriptionAdviser: Carroll Van West.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research frames the current Tennessee sustainable tourism initiative in the context of the increasingly overlapping fields of public history, folklore, and recreation. These fields often cover similar territory, but do not always engage in dialogue outside their disciplines. By delving into what each field has to offer, who can inform the development of the upcoming field of sustainable heritage tourism. Currently sustainable tourism is dominated by the "green" industry and ecological disciplines, but there is an increasing need for the insight that scholars of public history have to offer. Moving beyond an academic study, public historians need to move towards implementation and become a part of the larger discourse of best practices in tourism.en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile there is a growing body of literature on the history of tourism and the history of specific heritage tourism projects, cross-disciplinary works that incorporate the fields of public history, folklore, and recreation into a discussion on sustainable tourism currently exist only in the gray literature. Just as this study will help to define sustainable tourism in terms of more than just environmental sustainability, it will provide insight into how a state-wide program can successfully support a diverse range of projects using specific examples from divergent geographic and demographic areas of Tennessee.en_US
dc.description.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3728
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subject.lcshHeritage tourism Tennesseeen_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism Marketingen_US
dc.subject.lcshHistory, United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSustainabilityen_US
dc.subject.lcshRecreationen_US
dc.subject.lcshFolkloreen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelDoctoralen_US
dc.titleHillbilly skits to Buford sticks : sustainable heritage tourism in Tennessee /en_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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