Marguerite Shaffer

Publications

See America First: Tourism and National Identity, 1880-1940

Marguerite Shaffer (Mellon Fellow, 1999-00)

In See America First, Marguerite Shaffer chronicles the birth of modern American tourism between 1880 and 1940, linking tourism to the simultaneous growth of national transportation systems, print media, a national market, and a middle class with money and time to spend on leisure.