Time Travel: Tourism and the Rise of the Living History Museum in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada
Alan Gordon
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.
An appetite for commercial tourism led to the rise of living history museums. They became important components of economic growth, especially as part of government policy to promote regional economic diversity and employment. Alan Gordon explores how these museums were shaped by post-war pressures, personality conflicts, funding challenges, and the need to balance education and ... Read more
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Ryan Porter
Canadian Literature, 236
... Gordon pulls together a staggering amount of materials to provide a compelling glimpse into the history of ... Read more