Wild things : nature, culture, and tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914 /
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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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
©1995
Toronto : [2016] Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : 1995 |
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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