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222 Pages·2004·2.33 MB·English
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   This page intentionally left blank Blessed with Tourists          Thomas S. Bremer           ©TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress    DesignedbyHeidiPerov SetinBembobyTsengInformationSystems,Inc. ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesfor permanenceanddurabilityoftheCommitteeon ProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevityof theCouncilonLibraryResources. ; LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Bremer,ThomasS.,– Blessedwithtourists:theborderlandsofreligion andtourisminSanAntonio/ThomasS.Bremer. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ---(alk.paper) ---(pbk.:alk.paper) .Tourism—Texas—SanAntonio— Religiousaspects—Christianity. I.Title. ..  '.—dc  cloth           paper             , ; whose gentle persistence has kept the missions alive This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments xi  WhereTouristsMeettheSacred    DestinationSanAntonio    AlamoCity    PreservingaPreciousHeritage    ReligionattheFair    InsidetheNationalPark   ReburyingthePast  Notes  Bibliography  Index  This page intentionally left blank Illustrations and Maps  CrucifixionofJesusattheSanFernando Cathedral,  MissionSanJosé,s  Engravingof MissionConcepción,  Touristsonwallsof MissionSanJuan, or  TheodoreGentilz’spaintingFalloftheAlamo, ca.  EngravingoftheAlamochurch,  SeñoraCandelaria  HugoandSchmeltzerWholesaleGroceryatthe Alamo,  AlamoCenotaph  FatherFrancisBouchu,ca.  RestoredchapelatMissionEspada,lates  RestorationworkatMissionSanJosé,s  EthelWilsonHarris,ca.  ArchbishopRobertE.Lucey,  HemisFair 

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More than a million tourists visit religious landmarks in San Antonio, Texas, each year, observing and sometimes participating in religious activities there. The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park--managed by the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Catholic Church--is one of hu
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