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The world in the curl : an unconventional history of surfing
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The world in the curl : an unconventional history of surfing / Peter Westwick, Peter Neushul.
ISBN
9780307719485 (hbk.)
0307719480 (hbk.)
9780307719508 (ebk.)
0307719502 (ebk.)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]
Physical Description
x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 28, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-392) and index.
Contents
The cradle of surfing
The Duke, Dillingham, and the Waikiki dream
The dark side of paradise : race and sex in Hawaii
Inventing Surfurbia : surfing to California
War and surfing
The surf boom
Charlie don't surf : surfing and counterculture
Surfing turns pro
Engineering the coast
Beating the crowds, literally and otherwise
Surf tech
Surfing at the frontiers
Women and surfing : from flappers to Roxy Girl
From Waikiki to Wall Street
The world in the curl.
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