The Gilded Age and the Making of Bar Harbor
Hornsby SJ. 1993. The Gilded Age and the Making of Bar Harbor. Geographical Review. 83(4):455-468
A description of Bar Harbor in the late nineteenth century. From the abstract: 'In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an American urban elite created an extensive North American pleasure periphery, with seasonal resorts that dramatically reshaped local economies and landscapes. Bar Harbor, Maine, exemplified this type of resort. Affluent New Yorkers and Bostonians developed an exclusive, picturesque resort,with a local service economy almost completely dependent on tourism. They also managed to surround the town with a national park.' /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Bar Harbor/
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hornsby, Stephen
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Bar Harbor, Historical Survey, Mount Desert Island