Making Muskoka : tourism, rural identity, and sustainability, 1870-1920 / Andrew Watson ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Andrew (Andrew K.), author.

Contributor:

Wynn, Graeme, writer of foreword.

Series:

Nature, history, society.

Nature, history, society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--19th century.

Tourism--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--20th century.

Rural development--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--19th century.

Rural development--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--20th century.

Sustainable development--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--19th century.

Sustainable development--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--20th century.

Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)--History--19th century.

Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2022]

Summary:

Making Muskoka traces the first decades of Muskoka's transformation from Indigenous homeland to a part-time playground for tourists and cottagers and uncovers the consequences for those who lived there year-round.

Contents:

Rural Identity and Resettlement of the Canadian Shield, 1860-80

Indigenous Identity, Settler Colonialism, and Tourism, 1850-1920

Rural Identity and Tourism, 1870-1900

The Promise of Wood-Resource Harvesting, 1870-1920

Fossil Fuels, Consumer Culture, and the Tourism Economy, 1900-20.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Watson, Andrew Making Muskoka

ISBN:

9780774867856

077486785X

OCLC:

1325692477