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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.



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"… Making Muskoka is pertinent reading for those studying the impacts of tourism on landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them."

-- Matthew Hatvany, Laval University * Canadian Geographies *

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Rural Identity and Resettlement of the Canadian Shield, 1860–80

2 Indigenous Identity, Settler Colonialism, and Tourism, 1850–1920

3 Rural Identity and Tourism, 1870–1900

4 The Promise of Wood-Resource Harvesting, 1870–1920

5 Fossil Fuels, Consumer Culture, and the Tourism Economy, 1900–20

Conclusion

Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Making Muskoka Tourism Rural Identity and

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    Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
    Publication Date: 15/05/2023
    ISBN13: 9780774867849, 978-0774867849
    ISBN10: 0774867841
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    Human geography Natural History Nature and the natural world: general interest

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    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.



    Trade Review

    "… Making Muskoka is pertinent reading for those studying the impacts of tourism on landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them."

    -- Matthew Hatvany, Laval University * Canadian Geographies *

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    1 Rural Identity and Resettlement of the Canadian Shield, 1860–80

    2 Indigenous Identity, Settler Colonialism, and Tourism, 1850–1920

    3 Rural Identity and Tourism, 1870–1900

    4 The Promise of Wood-Resource Harvesting, 1870–1920

    5 Fossil Fuels, Consumer Culture, and the Tourism Economy, 1900–20

    Conclusion

    Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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