Charles Forsdick
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846311802
- eISBN:
- 9781846315084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311802.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter analyzes the writing of Louis de Hennepin from a different perspective, demonstrating in his discussion of the Niagara Falls that Niagara was central to French perceptions of North ...
More
This chapter analyzes the writing of Louis de Hennepin from a different perspective, demonstrating in his discussion of the Niagara Falls that Niagara was central to French perceptions of North America, and acted over the centuries as an index of shifting conventions of travel writing and topographical description. It deconstructs the physical actuality of the place to show how it was sometimes perceived aurally, at other times as a visual phenomenon.Less
This chapter analyzes the writing of Louis de Hennepin from a different perspective, demonstrating in his discussion of the Niagara Falls that Niagara was central to French perceptions of North America, and acted over the centuries as an index of shifting conventions of travel writing and topographical description. It deconstructs the physical actuality of the place to show how it was sometimes perceived aurally, at other times as a visual phenomenon.
Thomas A. Chambers
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801448676
- eISBN:
- 9780801465673
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801448676.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
This chapter examines interest in the battlegrounds from the War of 1812 surrounding Niagara Falls. These sites’ proximity to Niagara Falls continues to draw many tourists. Tourists bored by the ...
More
This chapter examines interest in the battlegrounds from the War of 1812 surrounding Niagara Falls. These sites’ proximity to Niagara Falls continues to draw many tourists. Tourists bored by the hotels and scenery, or the novelty of crossing the river just below the falls in a hand-rowed ferryboat, discovered that there were areas of additional interest that would enrich their experience at Niagara Falls. History, in short, had complemented the tourist routine. What remained of and on the battlefields guided the memories tourists constructed of the War of 1812.Less
This chapter examines interest in the battlegrounds from the War of 1812 surrounding Niagara Falls. These sites’ proximity to Niagara Falls continues to draw many tourists. Tourists bored by the hotels and scenery, or the novelty of crossing the river just below the falls in a hand-rowed ferryboat, discovered that there were areas of additional interest that would enrich their experience at Niagara Falls. History, in short, had complemented the tourist routine. What remained of and on the battlefields guided the memories tourists constructed of the War of 1812.
Brad Asher
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813134147
- eISBN:
- 9780813135922
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813134147.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
This chapter describes Cecelia's trip to Niagara Falls with Fanny and explains her decision to escape from slavery. It examines the legal, social, familial, and personal circumstances that influenced ...
More
This chapter describes Cecelia's trip to Niagara Falls with Fanny and explains her decision to escape from slavery. It examines the legal, social, familial, and personal circumstances that influenced her thinking. It also discusses Fanny's mindset as Cecelia's owner.Less
This chapter describes Cecelia's trip to Niagara Falls with Fanny and explains her decision to escape from slavery. It examines the legal, social, familial, and personal circumstances that influenced her thinking. It also discusses Fanny's mindset as Cecelia's owner.
Ian Tyrrel
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780226197760
- eISBN:
- 9780226197937
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226197937.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Environmental History
Contextualizes Roosevelt’s role as the creator of national parks, wildlife refuges, and national monuments; shows important political connections with Representatives John F. Lacey and others in ...
More
Contextualizes Roosevelt’s role as the creator of national parks, wildlife refuges, and national monuments; shows important political connections with Representatives John F. Lacey and others in fostering the conservation agenda; addresses the neglected role of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and its officials links with Roosevelt, and its alliance with the American Civic Association led by Horace McFarland. Examines the transfer of lobbying tactics from moral reform and missionary support groups to conservation. Emphasizes the role of scenic beauty in conservation and its relationship with a critique of the aesthetic and moral impacts of industrial society; examines the hitherto neglected importance of the international campaign for preservation of Niagara Falls and its impact on conservation strategies and tactics. Documents the roles of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley dam proposap, international park models, and tourism competition in spurring systemic national park policy and development.Less
Contextualizes Roosevelt’s role as the creator of national parks, wildlife refuges, and national monuments; shows important political connections with Representatives John F. Lacey and others in fostering the conservation agenda; addresses the neglected role of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and its officials links with Roosevelt, and its alliance with the American Civic Association led by Horace McFarland. Examines the transfer of lobbying tactics from moral reform and missionary support groups to conservation. Emphasizes the role of scenic beauty in conservation and its relationship with a critique of the aesthetic and moral impacts of industrial society; examines the hitherto neglected importance of the international campaign for preservation of Niagara Falls and its impact on conservation strategies and tactics. Documents the roles of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley dam proposap, international park models, and tourism competition in spurring systemic national park policy and development.
Robert Miklitsch
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040689
- eISBN:
- 9780252099120
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040689.003.0009
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Niagara (1953) is in many ways the definitive 1950s color noir. One reason is Marilyn Monroe, whose exorbitant sexuality can be read either as yet another instance of the femme fatale or the ...
More
Niagara (1953) is in many ways the definitive 1950s color noir. One reason is Marilyn Monroe, whose exorbitant sexuality can be read either as yet another instance of the femme fatale or the transgressive force of female fantasy in the 1950s. Another reason is Henry Hathaway, who is one of the most underrated figures in classic American noir and whose direction in Niagara is the key to a renewed appreciation of his corpus and its unique synthesis of “mystery narration” and “documentary realism.” Yet another reason is the photography of Joe MacDonald, whose Technicolor cinematography brilliantly utilizes color and lighting to plumb the mysteries of the film’s donnée, a marriage on the brink of destruction.Less
Niagara (1953) is in many ways the definitive 1950s color noir. One reason is Marilyn Monroe, whose exorbitant sexuality can be read either as yet another instance of the femme fatale or the transgressive force of female fantasy in the 1950s. Another reason is Henry Hathaway, who is one of the most underrated figures in classic American noir and whose direction in Niagara is the key to a renewed appreciation of his corpus and its unique synthesis of “mystery narration” and “documentary realism.” Yet another reason is the photography of Joe MacDonald, whose Technicolor cinematography brilliantly utilizes color and lighting to plumb the mysteries of the film’s donnée, a marriage on the brink of destruction.
Rebecca Cawood McIntyre
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813036953
- eISBN:
- 9780813038667
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813036953.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
The images of the United States claimed by southerners began in the North, specifically in travel guides to upstate New York. Although tourists could be found both in the North and the South after ...
More
The images of the United States claimed by southerners began in the North, specifically in travel guides to upstate New York. Although tourists could be found both in the North and the South after the War of 1812, New York has the best claim to being the first developed tourist region because it had the necessary requirements for modern tourism. First, New York had natural attractions, such as Niagara Falls, and fine resorts, such as Saratoga Springs. New York also had the best transportation network in the antebellum era. By the 1830s, this travel infrastructure included turnpikes, regular steamers up the Hudson, established railroad routes, and the 350-mile-long Erie Canal. Travel was not only faster than in the South but offered a level of comfort the South could not match. Finally, tourism was greatly aided by the large population of potential tourists living in New York City who were in comfortable reach of worthy attractions.Less
The images of the United States claimed by southerners began in the North, specifically in travel guides to upstate New York. Although tourists could be found both in the North and the South after the War of 1812, New York has the best claim to being the first developed tourist region because it had the necessary requirements for modern tourism. First, New York had natural attractions, such as Niagara Falls, and fine resorts, such as Saratoga Springs. New York also had the best transportation network in the antebellum era. By the 1830s, this travel infrastructure included turnpikes, regular steamers up the Hudson, established railroad routes, and the 350-mile-long Erie Canal. Travel was not only faster than in the South but offered a level of comfort the South could not match. Finally, tourism was greatly aided by the large population of potential tourists living in New York City who were in comfortable reach of worthy attractions.
