Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967 by Dale Barbour - 2011

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2011. Paper bound, illustrated with black and white photos and one map of the town of Winnipeg Beach, xiii + Pp211. A tight, unmarked, very good or better copy. 315 grams. During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba's bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection point between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played, and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings Barbour presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway through… Read More

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2011. Paper bound, illustrated with black and white photos, and one map of the town of Winnipeg Beach; xiii + Pp211. A near fine copy. 310 grams. During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba's bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection point between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played, and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings Barbour presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway through their 'Moonlight… Read More

Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press, 2011. Soft cover. As New. As New condition; Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played, and lived in the resort. Through photos, interviews, and newspaper clippings, this books shows its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the CPR through their "Moonlight Specials" through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and 60s.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2011. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 211pp., index, biblio., notes, photos, map. Very light wear..

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press 978-0-88755-722-4 [978-0-88755-722-4] 2011. (Trade paperback) 211pp. Fine. Photographs, map, bibliography, index. "During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba's bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection point between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders". Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada; Winnipeg Beach--Manitoba. (Manitoba, Local History--Manitoba, Resorts--Manitoba).