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100 1 Casey, Quentin
245 10 'Green spaces amidst the smokestacks': Halifax's
Waegwoltic Club and the boom of leisure and open-air
recreation in Nova Scotia, 1908--1914|h[electronic
resource]
300 167 p
500 Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-06,
page: 1998
502 Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 2005
520 This thesis uses Halifax's Waegwoltic Club as a case study
of the rise of social-recreation clubs at the turn of the
twentieth century. Founded in 1908, the Waegwoltic Club
has served as a social and recreational retreat for five
generations of Haligonians
520 An expanding, healthy economy led to an expansion of the
middle class---a group separated from the lower orders in
terms of wealth, yet also separate from the upper crust of
society on the basis of prestige and family background.
Many of these members of the middle class become reformers
within the progressive movement. This middle class group
of business people and professionals created the
Waegwoltic Club
520 The formation of the Waegwoltic was inspired by many
aspects of the progressive movement: firstly, it was one
of many clubs that developed to quench the social and
recreational desires of progressives of the Edwardian age;
secondly, the activities offered at the Waegwoltic---lawn
tennis, quoits, swimming and boating---were a reflection
of the rise of athletics and healthful pursuits at this
time; thirdly, the location of the club----on the
Northwest Arm---was a sure connection to progressives'
view that citizens had to escape the bustle of the city
and return to nature; and finally, the club was seen as a
means of attracting tourism to Halifax, and thus expanding
the Halifax economy. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
590 School code: 0328
650 4 History, Canadian
690 0334
710 20 Dalhousie University (Canada)
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