Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
Awards
OverviewMuskoka. Now a magnet for nature tourists and wealthy cottagers, the region underwent a profound transition at the turn of the twentieth century. Making Muskoka traces the evolution of the region from 1870 to 1920. Over this period, settler colonialism upended Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee communities, but the land was unsuited to farming, and within the first generation of resettlement, tourism became an integral feature of life. Andrew Watson considers issues such as rural identity, tensions between large- and household-scale logging operations, and the dramatic effects of consumer culture and the global shift toward fossil fuels on settlers’ ability to control the tourism economy after 1900. Making Muskoka uncovers the lived experience of rural communities shaped by tourism at a time when sustainable opportunities for a sedentary life were few on the Canadian Shield, and reveals the consequences for those living there year-round. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Watson , Graeme WynnPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.550kg ISBN: 9780774867832ISBN 10: 0774867833 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 15 October 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Rural Identity and Resettlement of the Canadian Shield, 1860-80 2 Indigenous Identity, Settler Colonialism, and Tourism, 1850-1920 3 Rural Identity and Tourism, 1870-1900 4 The Promise of Wood-Resource Harvesting, 1870-1920 5 Fossil Fuels, Consumer Culture, and the Tourism Economy, 1900-20 Conclusion Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; IndexReviews"""… Making Muskoka is pertinent reading for those studying the impacts of tourism on landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them."" -- Matthew Hatvany, Laval University * Canadian Geographies *" Author InformationAndrew Watson is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan. His work has appeared in publications such as Agricultural History, Scientia Canadensis, Regional Environmental Change, and Canadian Historical Review. He has also served as editor-in-chief of The Otter, the blog of the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
