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 | #4201963 in Books |  University of Massachusetts Press |  1994-03-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.00 x5.85 x9.34l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 208 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Decent book; gets too academic in places|By M. Hammond|Living 40 minutes from Niagara Falls for the past 12 years, I was anxious to read more about the history of the Falls, and McGreevy's "Imagining Niagara" was my choice. Overall, it's a decent book and covers a great breadth of topics revolving around how the meaning of Niagara has changed over time (the "Editors Reviews" a|From Library Journal|McGreevy (geography, Clarion State Univ.) analyzes Niagara Falls as a symbol and a creation of humankind. He focuses on four concepts--Niagara from afar, Niagara and death, nature and Niagara, and Niagara's future--showing how the falls have

Niagara Falls was a lightning rod for nineteenth-century enthusiasms. Although travelers came to the falls to experience a place they considered outside the world of their ordinary lives, they brought with them their contemporary concerns. Many tourists were obsessed with the mysteries of death, others with scientific or religious speculation. The way they imagined Niagara Falls found expression in a torrent of writings and images that took a variety of forms. Patrick Mc...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Imagining Niagara: The Meaning and Making of Niagara Falls   |  Patrick McGreevy. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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