The lure of the North woods : cultivating tourism in the upper midwest / Aaron Shapiro.
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The lure of the North woods : cultivating tourism in the upper midwest / Aaron Shapiro.
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Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
©2013
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 296 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Introduction : a north woods transformation -- 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:
Explores how tourism in the North Woods including northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula evolved after the area was deindustrialized following the depletion of resources such as timber and ore in the early twentieth century. Discusses the revitalization of the North Woods due to improved transportation, travel promotion, recreational land use, and conservation initiatives, and details how tourism in the North Woods transformed Americans' perspective on the outdoors. Includes black-and-white photographs and maps.
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