Florida's snowbirds spectacle, mobility, and community since 1945 /

Desrosiers-Lauzon, Godefroy, 1972-

Florida's snowbirds spectacle, mobility, and community since 1945 / Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon. - Montréal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2011. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (xi, 364 pages) : illustrations, digital file.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Ch. One Florida Dreaming -- chapter Two The Dream Next Door Going to Florida -- chapter Three Roosting in Eden -- chapter Four From Eden to Babel -- chapter Five From Babel to the Clubhouse Snowbirds in Search of Community -- chapter Six A Canadian Snowbird Case Study -- chapter Seven Coming Home What Florida Means to the North.

A portrait of the social and cultural effects of flying south for the winter.



9780773586550


Tourism--Florida.
Retirement, Places of--Florida.
Canadians--Retirement--Florida.


Electronic Books.

F320 / .F567 2011