Rocky mountain national park: history and culture as factors in African-American park visitation

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-545

  Erickson, Beth ^a   Johnson, Corey W ^b   Dana Kivel, B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Ethnicity; National parks; Race; Visitation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ETHNICITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATIONAL PARK; RACE;

COLORADO; DENVER; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749134046     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2009.11950189     Document Type: Article

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