The view from Vermont : tourism and the making of an American rural landscape /

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Author / Creator:Harrison, Blake A., 1970-
Imprint:Burlington, Vt. : University of Vermont Press ; Hanover : Published by University Press of New England, c2006.
Description:xiv, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6164835
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ISBN:1584655666 (cloth : alk. paper)
1584655917 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781584655664
9781584655916
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-312) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Tourism and the Reworking of Rural Vermont
  • Two Worlds of Work: Nostalgia and Progress in Turn-of-the-Century Vermont
  • Abandonment and Resettlement: The Promises and Threats of Summer Homes
  • Accessing the Rural Landscape: Driving, Hiking, and the Making of Unspoiled Vermont
  • The Four-Season State: Creating a New Seasonal Cycle
  • New Paces for Old Places: Vermont's Mid-Century Ski Landscape
  • Balancing the Rural: Planning, Legislation, and the Search for Control
  • Epilogue: The View from Vermont
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index