Wild Things: Nature, Culture, and Tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914

by Patricia Jasen

Europeans in the nineteenth century were fascinated with the wild and the primitive. So compelling was the craving for a first-hand experience of wilderness that it provided a lasting foundation for tourism as a consumer industry. In this book, Patricia Jasen shows how the region now known as Ontario held special appeal for tourists seeking to indulge a passion for wild country or act out their fantasies of primitive life. Niagara Falls, the Thousand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802076386
• ISBN13: 9780802076380
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher