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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

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      Publisher University of British Columbia Press
      Published 15 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9780774867849
      978-0774867849
      ISBN-10 0774867841
      Also in:
      Human geography 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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