Winnipeg Beach : leisure and courtship in a resort town, 1900-1967 / Dale Barbour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbour, Dale.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Resorts--Manitoba--Winnipeg Beach--History--20th century.

Resorts.

Courtship--Manitoba--Winnipeg Beach--History--20th century.

Courtship.

Leisure--Manitoba--Winnipeg Beach--History--20th century.

Leisure.

Tourism--Social aspects--Manitoba--Winnipeg Beach.

Tourism.

Winnipeg Beach (Man.)--History--20th century.

Winnipeg Beach (Man.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, c2011

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba's bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings he presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Moonlight Specials," through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and '60s.

Contents:

Getting to the beach : the transportation corridor

Staying at the beach : tourism infrastructure

Playing at the beach : the leisure zone

Remaking the beach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-205) and index.

ISBN:

9786613354211

9780887554346

0887554342

9781283354219

1283354217

9780887554032

0887554032

OCLC:

681023881