The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls. - Review - book review

Journal of Social History, Winter, 2000 by Scott C. Martin

These reservations, however, amount to minor quibbles, not major flaws. The Second Greatest Disappointment tells an interesting and important story about the nature of tourism, the history of sexuality, and the evolution of consumer culture. It reads well, and is nicely illustrated, making it eminently suitable for advanced undergraduates or graduate students, as well as an informed popular audience.

Dubinsky's work makes a solid contribution, and will be a welcome addition to courses on leisure and tourism, popular culture, cultural studies, gender and sexuality, or Canadian history.