See America: The Politics and Administration of Federal Tourism Promotion, 1937-1973

See America: The Politics and Administration of Federal Tourism Promotion, 1937-1973
ISBN-10
1438478097
ISBN-13
9781438478098
Series
See America
Category
History
Pages
266
Language
English
Published
2020-05-01
Publisher
SUNY Press
Author
Mordecai Lee

Description

The tourism industry and big government: Origins of the US Travel Bureau, 1930-1936 -- The US Tourist Bureau: Birth by administrative action, 1937 -- The US Travel Bureau: Renamed and expanded, 1938 -- When business liked (part of) the New Deal, 1939 -- Congress decides it sometimes likes agency PR: Statutory creation, 1940 -- Promoting tourism during a national emergency, 1941 -- Travel promotion in wartime? 1942-1943 -- Post-War revival: Interior's US Travel Division, 1946-1949 -- Last try: Interior's Office of Travel, 1968-1973.

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