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The Second Greatest Disappointment

Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls

by (author) Karen Dubinsky

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
May 1999
Category
Social History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896357232
    Publish Date
    May 1999
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

A lively and wide-ranging work on the history of the North American honeymoon, and, of necessity, the tourist industry at Niagara Falls. Dubinsky charts the growth of Niagara Falls as a tourist destination from the 1850s to the 1960s and explains how it acquired its reputation as the “Honeymoon Capital of the World.” Ultimately, the author asks: Of all the ways to promote a waterfall, why honeymoons?

About the author

Karen Dubinsky is Professor of History and Global Development Studies at Queen's University. She is the author and editor of several books, including Within and Without the Nation: Transnational Canadian History (2015, co-editors Adele Perry and Henry Yu), My Havana: The Musical City of Carlos Varela (2014, co-editors Caridad Cumana and Xenia Reloba), and Babies without Borders: Adoption and Migration Across the Americas (2010).

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