Making Muskoka

Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870–1920

AvAndrew Watson

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Muskoka. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Nature | History | Society
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774867849
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Saskatchewan Book Awards 2023 (Canada)

Utforska kategorier

Historisk geografi inom Historia och arkeologi
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur

Mer om författaren

Andrew 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).

Recensioner i media

"[Making Muskoka] deserves to find a wide popular audience, not least amongst those who have spent time at a Muskoka cottage."- Peter A. Stevens, Humber College (Social History) "… 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)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1 Rural Identity and Resettlement of the Canadian Shield, 1860–802 Indigenous Identity, Settler Colonialism, and Tourism, 1850–19203 Rural Identity and Tourism, 1870–19004 The Promise of Wood-Resource Harvesting, 1870–19205 Fossil Fuels, Consumer Culture, and the Tourism Economy, 1900–20ConclusionAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index