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Shaffer, Marguerite S. "See America First: Tourism and National Identity, 1905-1930," History of American Civilization, Harvard University, June 1994.
Between 1905 and 1930, the See America First idea evolved from a western booster slogan encouraging Americans to tour the West to a generic tourist emblem promoting scenic nationalism and American exceptionalism. This dissertation provides a cultural history of the varied evocations of “See America First,” examining the ways in which tourist industries and advocates used the slogan to promote quintessentially American sites, and how tourists invoked the slogan to re-imagine themselves within that tourist landscape. Focusing on the relationship between tourism, American landscape and national identity, this study explores issues of cultural nationalism and the implications of cultural representation.
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