Title The summer trade : a history of tourism on Prince Edward Island / Alan MacEachern and Edward MacDonald

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource Series La collection Louis J. Robichaud = The Louis J. Robichaud Series ; 1 Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Plates -- Acknowledgments -- A Summer Place -- The Seaside Beckons to 1905 -- Of Boosters and Knockers 1905-40 -- Escape Velocity 1940-60 -- Great Expectations 1960-80 -- Laws of Attraction, Rules of Engagement 1980-2000 -- A Delicate Balance since 2000 -- Notes -- Index Summary "Tourism has been a central part of Prince Edward Island's identity for more than a century. What began as a seasonal sideline in the nineteenth century evolved into an economic powerhouse that now attracts over 1.5 million visitors each year, employs one in ten Islanders, and is the province's second leading industry Spanning from the Victorian era to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Summer Trade presents the first comprehensive history of tourism in any Canadian province. Over time the Island has marketed a remarkably durable set of tourism tropes - seaside refuge from urban industrial angst, return to innocence, literary shrine to L.M. Montgomery, cradle of Confederation, garden of the Gulf. As private enterprise and the state sought to manage the industry, the Island's own identity became caught up in the wish fulfillment of its summer visitors. The result has been a complicated, sometimes conflicted relationship between Islanders and tourism, between a warm welcome to visitors and resistance to the industry's adverse effects on local culture. Lavishly illustrated with postcards, tourist guides, license plates, and memorabilia, The Summer Trade also presents a history of Prince Edward Island in cameo that tracks cultural, economic, political, and environmental developments and tensions. Across the strait, the Island beckons."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Tourism -- Prince Edward Island -- History Tourism -- Social aspects -- Prince Edward Island -- History HISTORY / Canada / General Tourism Tourism -- Social aspects Travel SUBJECT Prince Edward Island -- Description and travel Subject Prince Edward Island Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author MacDonald, George Edward, 1957- author. ISBN 0228012112 9780228012115

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