In early twentieth-century America, affluent city-dwellers made a habit of venturing out of doors and vacationing in resorts and national parks. Yet the rich and the privileged were not the only ones who sought respite in nature. In this pathbreaking book, historian Colin Fisher demonstrates that working-class white immigrants and African Americans in rapidly industrializing Chicago also fled the urban environment during their scarce leisure time. If they had the means, they trave...
Über den Autor
Colin Fisher is associate professor of history at the University of San Diego. He teaches classes in U.S. environmental history, environmental visual culture, and his...
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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 248 ● ISBN 9781469619965 ● Dateigröße 4.5 MB ● Verlag The University of North Carolina Press ● Ort Chapel Hill ● Land US ● Erscheinungsjahr 2015 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5509715 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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