The Lure of the Beach
A Global History
A human and global take on a beloved vacation spot. The crash of surf, smell of salted air, wet whorls of sand underfoot. These are the sensations of the beach, that environment that has drawn humans to its life-sustaining shores for millennia. And while the gull's cry and the cove's splendor have remained constant throughout time, our relationship with the beach has been as fluid as the runnels left behind by the tide's turning.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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-520-97465-4
- EAN: 9780520974654
- Produktnummer: 35715076
- Verlag: University of California Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Robert C. Ritchie is Senior Research Associate at the Huntington Library and author of Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates.
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