Destination Dixie

“Reveals how narratives of history told at heritage tourism sites in the American South have been influenced by race, collective memory, economics, and local politics.”—Book News

“An especially compelling and valuable contribution. . . . The wide span of case studies allows an in-depth understanding of the South and highlights an interesting tension between visitor expectations and the actual variety of historical and regional variation.”—North Carolina Historical Review

“Fascinating narratives that examine challenging intersections of history, heritage, and memory encountered along the road to historic tourism.”—Choice

“A thought-provoking, finely wrought collection. . . . Reveals the complexities of telling and selling of southern history.”—European Journal of American Studies

“Ably explores the challenges of injecting public history informed by modern scholarship into heritage sites where gatekeepers and visitors do not always embrace it.”—Reviews in American History