Wild things : nature, culture, and tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914 /

Wild things : nature, culture, and tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914 /

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Europeans in the nineteenth century were fascinated with the wild and the primitive. So compelling was the craving for a first-hand experience of wilderness that it provided a lasting foundation for tourism as a consumer industry. In this book, Patricia Jasen shows how the region now known as Ontari...

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Main Author: Jasen, Patricia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1995
Toronto : [2016]
Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : 1995
Series:Heritage
Subjects:
Ecotourism > Ontario > History
Tourism > Ontario > History
Tourisme > Ontario > Histoire
Écotourisme > Ontario > Histoire
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General
Ecotourism
Geschichte
HISTORY > Canada > General
History
Sanfter Tourismus
Tourism
Tourismus
Toerisme
Woeste gronden
Ontario
Electronic books.
Livres numeriques
e-books
Dictionaries
History > UNAUTHORIZED
Livres numériques > UNAUTHORIZED
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Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Introduction: Nature, Culture, and Tourism
  • Tourists, Travellers, and the Semiotics of Tourism
  • Tourism and Romanticism
  • Tourism and Colonialism
  • Who's Speaking? Class, Gender, and the Nature of Travel Narrative
  • 2. Taming Niagara
  • Terror and Transcendence
  • The Romantic Itinerary
  • Doing Niagara, or Niagara Undone
  • 3. Wilderness Panorama
  • Fairy Isles and Voyageurs
  • The St Lawrence River Excursion
  • An Image Transferred
  • From Nature to Culture
  • 4. Native Lands
  • The Iconography of the Upper Lakes
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1. Introduction: Nature, Culture, and Tourism""; ""Tourists, Travellers, and the Semiotics of Tourism""; ""Tourism and Romanticism""; ""Tourism and Colonialism""; ""Who's Speaking? Class, Gender, and the Nature of Travel Narrative""; ""2. Taming Niagara""; ""Terror and Transcendence""; ""The Romantic Itinerary""; ""Doing Niagara, or Niagara Undone""; ""3. Wilderness Panorama""; ""Fairy Isles and Voyageurs""; ""The St Lawrence River Excursion""; ""An Image Transferred""; ""From Nature to Culture""; ""4. Native Lands""; ""The Iconography of the Upper Lakes""
  • ""Victorian Excursionists""""Colonizing Eyes""; ""The Romance Fades""; ""5. A Rest Cure in a Canoe""; ""Rest Cures and Racial Health""; ""Class, Gender, and the Wilderness Holiday""; ""My Heart Is in Muskoka""; ""Day Trippers""; ""6. Close Encounters""; ""White Tourists and Native Guides""; ""Up the Nipigon""; ""Temagami and Beyond""; ""The Politics of Race""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""PICTURE CREDITS""
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Introduction: Nature, Culture, and Tourism
  • 2. Taming Niagara
  • 3. Wilderness Panorama
  • 4. Native Lands
  • 5. A Rest Cure in a Canoe
  • 6. Close Encounters
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • Victorian ExcursionistsColonizing Eyes
  • The Romance Fades
  • 5. A Rest Cure in a Canoe
  • Rest Cures and Racial Health
  • Class, Gender, and the Wilderness Holiday
  • My Heart Is in Muskoka
  • Day Trippers
  • 6. Close Encounters
  • White Tourists and Native Guides
  • Up the Nipigon
  • Temagami and Beyond
  • The Politics of Race
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • PICTURE CREDITS

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