Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera An Insider's History of the Florida-Alabama Coast

Name: Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera An Insider's History of the Florida-Alabama Coast
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ISBN: 9780820345314

ISBN-10: 0820345318

ISBN-13: 9780820345314

Edition: 2012

Authors: Harvey H. Jackson, Harvey H. Jackson

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The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Rivieratraces the development of the Florida-Alabama coast as a tourist destination from the late 1920s and early 1930s, when it was sparsely populated with “small fishing villages,” through to the tragic and devastating BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.Harvey H. Jackson III focuses on the stretch of coast from Mobile Bay and Gulf Shores, Alabama, east to Panama City, Florida—an area known as the “Redneck Riviera.” Jackson explores the rise of this area as a vacation destination for the lower South’s middle- and working-class families following World War II, the building boom of the 1950s and 1960s, and the emergence of the Spring Break “season.”…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 3/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Harvey H. Jackson III is Professor and Eminent Scholar in History at Jacksonville State University and is author, coauthor, or coeditor of nine books on various topics in southern history.



Introduction Alabama Dreaming



The Coast Jack Rivers Knew



The War and after It



Bring 'em Down, Keep 'em Happy, and Keep 'em Spending



Times They Were A-Changing



The Redneck Riviera Rises



A Storm Named Frederic



Sorting Out after the Storm



Playing by Different Rules



Storms and Sand, BOBOS and Snowbirds



Trouble in Paradise



Taming the Redneck Riviera



Making Money "Going Wild"



Selling the Redneck Riviera



"Where Nature Did Its Best"



Stumbling into the Future



Who Wants a Beach That Is Oily?



The Last Summer


Acknowledgments


Essay on Sources


Index