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Author Michels, John, 1976- author.

Title Permanent weekend : nature, leisure, and rural gentrification / John Michels
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 7
McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 7.
Contents Historicizing and theorizing the Almaguin Highlands -- The summer cottage : a home away from home -- Tourism and its discontents -- Rural gentrification -- The changing landscapes of agriculture and forestry -- The economic development industry
Summary "North of the heart of Ontario's scenic Muskoka District are the Almaguin Highlands, a loosely organized collection of villages, townships, and municipalities. In the mid-1800s, the region was home to loggers and farmers, as well as seasonal residents in simple cottages and camps. Since then, the impact of economic globalization and government policies have transformed the countryside into a luxurious recreational, residential, and tourist destination. John Michels investigates change in the Almaguin Highlands, exploring the modern faces of cottaging, tourism, agriculture, forestry, and economic development initiatives. He shows how years of neoliberal policies have displaced agriculture and logging as the principal sources of employment in northern Ontario, generating tension and unexpected alliances between tourists, residents, loggers, farmers, developers, and governmental officials over the proper uses and meanings of rural space. The repercussions of this new service-oriented countryside include increased youth outmigration, decreased full-time employment opportunities, and an ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor. A complex and detailed study based on long-term interviews and fieldwork, Permanent Weekend critically explores the catalysts and eventual outcomes of gentrifying rural areas."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed October 29, 2018)
Subject Rural renewal -- Ontario -- Almaguin Highlands
Gentrification -- Ontario -- Almaguin Highlands
Globalization -- Ontario -- Almaguin Highlands
Tourism -- Ontario -- Almaguin Highlands
Agriculture -- Ontario -- Almaguin Highlands
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural.
Agriculture
Economic history
Economic policy
Gentrification
Globalization
Rural conditions
Rural renewal
Social conditions
Tourism
SUBJECT Almaguin Highlands (Ont.) -- Rural conditions
Almaguin Highlands (Ont.) -- Economic conditions
Almaguin Highlands (Ont.) -- Economic policy
Almaguin Highlands (Ont.) -- Social conditions
Subject Ontario -- Almaguin Highlands
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773550650
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