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Class Meets at the MSC Office at 9:30 on Thursdays
November 12, & 19 and December 3 & 10
We take a week off for Thanksgiving
Week 1: Course Overview and Historical Background
Week 1: Course Overview and Historical Background
What is Tourism, and who is a tourist?
Beginnings of tourism in the United States.
Emergence of New England as a tourist destination
Required Readings
Bachelder, Vacationland pp. 7-23
Joseph A Conforti, " Regional Identity and New England Landscapes" LINK to PDF
Supplementary Reading:
Brown, Inventing New England, Introduction and Chapters 1-4
Recommended PDF Readings:
Hale Reading:" The Romance of Traveling" in Traits of Americanb Life. (1835); Pages 187-208
Hawthorne Reading: "The Ambitious Guest" (1835)
Smith Reading: The Illustrated Handbook, a New Guide for Travelers through the United States, (1847) Pages 13-39
Course Readings
Course Readings
Required Text:
Peter Dow Bachelder, Vacationland: A History of the Maine Tourism Industry. Ellsworth ME: The Breakwater Press, 2022. ISBN 979-8-9853917-1-8. (Available for purchase at Midcoast Senior College Office)
Supplementary Text (not required):
Dona Brown, Inventing New England: Regional Tourism in the Nineteenth Century. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. ISBN 1-56098-799-5.
Recommended Readings (not required):
Available on the Class website (PDFs and Links)
Course Description
Course Description
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