Vacationland
Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country
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Author
Publication
2013 - University of Washington Press
Language
English
Word Count
122,000 words, Guess
Page Count
488 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28778370M
- ISBN-139780295992730
- OCLC Control Number830989510
- OCLC Control Numbervacationlandtour0000phil
- Library of Congress Control Number2012050749
Classifications
- LCCG155.U6P47 2013
Description
"Vacationland tells the story of the region's dramatic transformation in the decades after World War II, when a loose coalition of tourist boosters fashioned alluring images of nature in the high country and a multitude of local, state, and federal actors built the infrastructure for high-volume tourism: ski mountains, stocked trout streams, motels, resort villages, and highway improvements that culminated in an entirely new corridor through the Rockies, Interstate 70. Vacationland is more than just the tale of one tourist region. It is a case study of how the consumerism of the postwar years rearranged landscapes and revolutionized American environmental attitudes. Postwar tourists pioneered new ways of relating to nature, forging surprisingly strong personal connections to their landscapes of leisure and in many cases reinventing their lifestyles and identities to make vacationland their permanent home." --Amazon.com.
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