Main entry:

Shapiro, Aaron (Aaron Alex)

Title & Author:

The lure of the North woods : cultivating tourism in the upper midwest / Aaron Shapiro.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2013.

Description:

xix, 296 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-289) and index.
A crop worth cultivating: creating the north woods -- Tourists do not deplete our soil: interwar land conservation -- No dull days at Dunn's: labor and leisure in the north woods -- Tell the world about your charms: the promotional appeal -- You've earned it, now enjoy it: playing in the postwar era -- The not so quiet crisis: tourism, wilderness, and regional development.

Summary:

"This book tells the story of how northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula became a tourist paradise, turning a scarred industrial countryside into the playground we know today. Aaron Shapiro describes how residents and visitors reshaped the region from a landscape of exploitation to a vacationland and reveals how leisure--and tourism in particular--has shaped modern America."--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780816677924 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0816677921 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780816677931 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
081667793X (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Tourism Middle West History.
Outdoor recreation Middle West History.
Outdoor life Middle West History.
Tourism.
Outdoor recreation.
History.
Loisirs de plein air Midwest (États-Unis) Histoire.
Plein air Midwest (États-Unis) Histoire.
Manners and customs
Outdoor life
Erholung
Freizeit
Tourismus
Turism historia Förenta staterna.
Middle West Social life and customs.
Mississippi.
Michigan.
Wisconsin.
Midwest (États-Unis) Mœurs et coutumes.
Middle West
USA Mittlerer Westen

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282711
Call No.: BIB 220414
Status: Available