Blessed with Tourists
Subtitle: The Borderlands of Religion and Tourism in San Antonio
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780807829127
Subjects: Christian pilgrimage; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Tourism industry; History; San Antonio; Religion; Religion - Church History; United States - State & Local - South; Texas; Christianity - History - General; Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism; History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX); Spanish colonial missions; Catholicism; Texas; religious pilgrims; San Antonio Missions National Historical Park; Yanaguana; Native American; place and identity; historic preservation; Alamo; heritage tourism; cultural geography; American Southwest; Mexican American; Travel; United States - South - West South Central (General); Christianity; Religious aspects; Tourism
First sentence: On June 13, 1691, a day in the Roman Catholic calendar that celebrated San Antonio de Padua, Fray Damian Massanet recorded in his diary the creation of a new place.