A Nice Place to Visit - 9781439913451

A Nice Place to VisitTourism and Urban Revitalization in the Postwar Rustbelt\nAuthor(s): Aaron Cowan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439913451, 978-1439913451\nSynopsis\nHow did tourism gain a central role in the postwar American Rustbelt city? And how did tourism development reshape the meaning and function of these cities? These are the questions at the heart of Aaron Cowans groundbreaking book, A Nice Place to Visit.\n\nCowan provides an insightful, comparative look at the historical development of Cincinnati, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore in the postWorld War II period to show how urban tourism provided a potential solution to the economic woes of deindustrialization. A Nice Place to Visit chronicles the visions of urban leaders who planned hotels, convention centers, stadiums, and festival marketplaces to remake these cities as tourist destinations. Cowan also addresses the eve.