"This is a thoughtful, well-researched, and very well written study of the
role of tourism in the economic development in the southern highlands. . . . Martin also places tourism development within the context of New South
industrialization, an often missed link between the southern highlands and
other subregions of the South." --Richard Starnes, Western Carolina
University

Tourism in the Mountain South: A Double-Edged Sword provides the first broad historical synthesis of how tourism has shaped the economy, cultural identity, and landscape of the Mountain South. Concentrating...