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The Lure of the Beach
A Global History
Langbeschreibung
The Lure of the Beach is a chronicle of humanity's history with the coast, taking us from the seaside pleasure palaces of Roman elites and the aquatic rituals of medieval pilgrims, to the venues of modern resort towns and beyond. Robert C. Ritchie traces the contours of the material and social economies of the beach throughout time, covering changes in the social status of beach goers, the technology of transport, and the development of fashion (from nudity to Victorianism and back again), as well as the geographic spread of modern beach-going from England to France, across the Mediterranean, and from nineteenth-century America to the world. And as climate change and rising sea levels erode the familiar faces of our coasts, we are poised for a contemporary reckoning with our relationship?and responsibilities?to our beaches and their ecosystems.
Robert C. Ritchie is Senior Research Associate at the Huntington Library and author of Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates.
ISBN-13:
9780520215955
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
11.05.2021
Seiten:
344
Autor:
Robert C Ritchie
Gewicht:
637 g
Format:
238x163x32 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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