{"product_id":"making-muskoka-9780774867832","title":"Making Muskoka","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuskoka. Now a magnet for nature tourists and wealthy cottagers, the region underwent a profound transition at the turn of the twentieth century. \u003cem\u003eMaking Muskoka\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eMaking Muskoka\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"… \u003cem\u003eMaking Muskoka\u003c\/em\u003e is pertinent reading for those studying the impacts of tourism on landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Matthew Hatvany, Laval University * Canadian Geographies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Rural Identity and Resettlement of the Canadian Shield, 1860–80\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Indigenous Identity, Settler Colonialism, and Tourism, 1850–1920\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Rural Identity and Tourism, 1870–1900\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Promise of Wood-Resource Harvesting, 1870–1920\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Fossil Fuels, Consumer Culture, and the Tourism Economy, 1900–20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404951363927,"sku":"9780774867832","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774867832.jpg?v=1730488168","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-muskoka-9780774867832","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}