Proposed Paper Topics
Charlotte, NC
November 4 - 7, 2010 It is up to each individual to make their own contacts.
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I am seeking one or two co-panelists, a chair, and a commentator for a panel on the history of Canadian and Northern
tourism in Florida. My own paper looks at the changing relation between Florida and the North during
the post-1945 years, through the experience of Northern snowbirds. The Florida Dream brought visitors and
migrants in droves to the state. As Florida grew since the 1940s, its leaders have had to address increasingly
complex demands from an increasingly diverse population, and demands stemming from the perils of vanishing natural
resources, and from the impatience of Floridians (a majority of them recent transplants from the North and abroad,
but self-appointed Floridians nonetheless) with the state's dependency on tourists. As the Florida Dream grew diverse
and complex, and as Paradise seemed lost, Florida slowly turned away from tourism.
Godefroy Lauzon
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal
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