Main entry:

Wilson, Chris, 1951 December 23-

Title & Author:

The myth of Santa Fe : creating a modern regional tradition / Chris Wilson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1997.

Description:

vii, 410 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-397) and index.
Introduction: Some Paradoxes of Modern Cultural Identity -- pt. 1. Santa Fe Before It Became a Style. 1. Spanish and Pueblo Santa Fe. 2. Into the American Melting Pot, 1846 to 1912. 3. The Reluctant Tourist Town -- Interlude: Adobe Camouflage -- pt. 2. Modern Santa Fe. 4. Romantic Regional Architecture, 1905 to 1930. 5. Mexicano, Spanish-American: Chicano, Hispanic -- Interlude: Coyote Consciousness. 6. From Fiesta to Fourth of July. 7. Restoration Is the Most Total Destruction. 8. Modern Regional Architecture, 1930 to 1992 -- Conclusion: A Myth Worth Believing -- Appendix. Tables of Population and Economics.

Summary:

"Wilson unravels the complex interactions of ethnic identity and tourist image-making. Santa Fe's is a distinctly modern success story--the story of a community that transformed itself from a declining provincial capital of 5,000 in 1912 into an internationally recognized tourist destination. But it is also a cautionary tale about the commodification of Native American and Hispanic cultures, and the social displacement and ethnic animosities that can accompany a tourist boom."--Cover.

ISBN:

0826317456
9780826317452
0826317464 (paper)
9780826317469 (paper)

Subject:

Regionalism New Mexico Santa Fe History 20th century.
Ethnicity New Mexico Santa Fe History 20th century.
Tourism New Mexico Santa Fe History 20th century.
Régionalisme Nouveau-Mexique Santa Fe Histoire 20e siècle.
Ethnicité Nouveau-Mexique Santa Fe Histoire 20e siècle.
Civilization.
Ethnicity.
Regionalism.
Tourism.
Mythevorming.
Beeldvorming.
Culturele identiteit.
História latino-americana Século xx.
Tourist trade New Mexico Santa Fe History 20th century.
Architecture New Mexico Santa Fe.
Santa Fe (N.M.) Civilization 20th century.
New Mexico Santa Fe.
Santa Fe, NM
MÉxico.
Santa Fe (N.M.)

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200036
Call No.: F804.S25 W55 1997
Status: Available