Time Travel - Tourism and the Rise of the Living History Museum in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada (Hardcover)

In the 1960s, Canadians could step through time to eighteenth-century trading posts or nineteenth-century pioneer towns. These living history museums promised authentic reconstructions of the past but, as Time Travel shows, they revealed more about mid-twentieth-century interests and perceptions of history than they reflected historical fact. These museums became important components of post-war government economic growth and employment policies. Shaped by political pressures and the need to balance education and entertainment, they reflected Canadians' struggle to establish a pan-Canadian identity in the context of multiculturalism, competing nationalisms, First Nations resistance, and the growth of the state.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Alan Gordon
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Sewn
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-3153-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-7748-3153-7
Barcode:	9780774831536

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