The Lure of the Beach
A Global History
$38.39
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2023
Summary
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520395572 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520395573 |
| Author: | Robert C. Ritchie |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“The Lure of the Beach is a thoroughly researched, interesting social history… .a landmark text.”
“Ritchie’s book is both engagingly written and thoroughly scholarly.” * Geography Realm *
“The Lure of the Beach is a thoroughly researched, interesting social history… .a landmark text.” * Technology & Culture *
“In Ritchie’s book, we observe how the beach contributed to the making of class, gender, sexuality, race, and ideas about the body.” * Society for US Intellectual History *
Robert C. Ritchie
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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