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<p>just North Of Where The Savannah River Flows Into The Atlantic Lies An Idyllic Stretch Of Beach, Marsh, And Forest Known As Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. In The 1950s, Charles Fraser Transformed This Almost Forgotten Barrier Island Into One Of America's Premier Vacation Destinations And, In Doing So, Invented The Modern Resort And Retirement Community. In This Case Study Of That Archetypal Development And The Others That Followed On Hilton Head Island, Michael N. Danielson Explores The Interplay Of Private Power And Public Authority As Well As The Dilemma Of Growth In America's Recreation-based Communities. Danielson Contends That Hilton Head Offers Fertile Ground For Evaluating The Influence Of Private Elites And Public Officials On Largely Self-contained Resort And Retirement Communities, An Increasingly Important But Previously Unexamined Component Of Urban Growth In America. Identifying Growth As The Island's Central Political Issue, Danielson Submits That Resorts Like Hilton Head Face The Similar Predicament - The Reality That Economic Expansion Alters The Very Attributes That Attracted Developers, Residents, And Vacationers To A Particular Locale. His Case Study Illu

Author

Danielson, Michael N.; Danielson, Patricia R. F.

Publisher

Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781570030390

Subjects

Business, History, Nature