Leisure, Tourism and the 19th-Century Resort
11th Annual conference on cultural & historic preservation
October 18-20, 2007

Salve Regina University
Newport, Rhode Island

During the nineteenth century, a new type of community, known variously as
watering hole, resort or vacation spot, appeared in the United States.
Stretching from the mountains of Virginia to Newport and Bar Harbor in the
East, Tampa and Ocean Springs in the South, the ?Lakes? and Mackinac in
the Mid-West, and Yosemite and Santa Barbara in the west, these resorts
introduced new cultural patterns to existing cities. Often using
innovative commercial strategies, they transformed undeveloped or
underdeveloped areas into ?natural? paradises aimed primarily at the
elite. Counter to this, amusements incorporated into urban localities
reshaped the lifestyles of lower, working and middle class families. Salve
Regina?s 11th Annual Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation will
examine all aspects of nineteenth-century leisure, resort life and amusement.

For more information, please call 1-866-841-2348, email
chpconferencesalve.edu, or visit www.salve.edu/chp2007.