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Book The Lure of the Beach

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert C. Ritchie
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-04-25
  • ISBN : 0520395573
  • Pages : 339 pages

Download or read book The Lure of the Beach written by Robert C. Ritchie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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. The Lure of the Beach demonstrates that whether as a commodified pastoral destination, a site of ecological resplendency, or a flashpoint between private ownership and public access, the history of the beach is a human one that deserves to be told now more than ever before.

Book Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year

Download or read book Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year written by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume.

Book Pride and Prejudice

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  • Author : Jane Austen
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2010-10
  • ISBN : 0674049160
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text of Jane Austen's classic tale is accompanied by an introduction to the author's life and work and explanatory notes discussing the novel's historical context, language, characters, and themes.

Book Coast  Our Island Story

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  • Author : Nicholas Crane
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2010-10-31
  • ISBN : 1409074552
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Coast Our Island Story written by Nicholas Crane and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications. And the people who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular coast - from Stone Age fishermen to seafarers, chart-makers and surfers - have an incredible tale to tell. Coast: Our Island Story is an enthralling account, sparkling with geography, history, adventure and eccentric characters, told with Nick Crane's trademark charisma and wit.

Book The Book of British Topography

Download or read book The Book of British Topography written by John Parker Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blackpool

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Roeder
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 38 pages

Download or read book Blackpool written by Charles Roeder and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blackpool Pubs

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  • Author : Allan W. Wood
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2016-09-15
  • ISBN : 1445652846
  • Pages : 177 pages

Download or read book Blackpool Pubs written by Allan W. Wood and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs and informative text charts the history of pubs in Britain's most famous seaside resort.

Book D J

    D J

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  • Author : William Thomas Lowndes
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1834
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1066 pages

Download or read book D J written by William Thomas Lowndes and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bibliographer s Manual of English Literature Containing an Account of Rare  Curious and Useful Books  Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland  from the Invention of Printing

Download or read book The Bibliographer s Manual of English Literature Containing an Account of Rare Curious and Useful Books Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland from the Invention of Printing written by William Thomas Lowndes and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Poems  Latin  Greek  and English  to which is Added an Historical Enquiry and Essay Upon the Administration of Government in England During the King s Minority

Download or read book Poems Latin Greek and English to which is Added an Historical Enquiry and Essay Upon the Administration of Government in England During the King s Minority written by Nicholas Hardinge (M.P.) and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marina  or  An historical and descriptive account of Southport  Lytham  and Blackpool

Download or read book Marina or An historical and descriptive account of Southport Lytham and Blackpool written by Peter Whittle and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bibliographer s Manual of English Literature

Download or read book The Bibliographer s Manual of English Literature written by William Thomas Lowndes and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Travel and Tourism in Britain  1700   1914 Vol 3

Download or read book Travel and Tourism in Britain 1700 1914 Vol 3 written by Susan Barton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British led the way in holidaymaking. This four-volume primary resource collection brings together a diverse range of texts on the various forms of transport used by tourists, the destinations they visited, the role of entertainments and accommodation and how these affected the way that tourism evolved over two centuries. Volume 3: Seaside Holidays Over the course of the seventeenth century, medical writers and practitioners came to realise the health-giving properties of the seaside environment. By the early eighteenth century, this scientific interest was spreading to wealthy people in search of a rest cure. Bathing in the sea, drinking the waters and spending time in the bracing air became a widespread activity, and by the nineteenth century this had expanded thanks to extensive advertising and publicity about its beneficial effects. Specific forms of entertainment also developed, such as piers, aquaria, winter gardens and cinemas.

Book The Tour of Africa

Download or read book The Tour of Africa written by Catherine Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: