At the beach

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  • Author: Urbain, Jean-Didier
    Contributor:

    Porter, Catherine

    Summary:

    Around the world, when people think of vacation it's the beach they want-even when long distances must be traversed, the seashore is the place to escape the rigors of modern life. How did this come to be, and what does our ongoing love affair with the beach mean? How do shore vacations differ from traditional tourism, and what does this tell us about our dreams and fears? In At the Beach, Jean-Didier Urbain offers witty and insightful answers to these questions.

    Contents:
    • Preamble: The Shipwreck of Phileas Fogg
    • Introduction: The Other Traveling Fool; or, The Interrupted Voyage
    • Pt. I. The Origin of Beach Manners
    • 1. The Death of the Fisherman
    • 2. The Birth of the Bather
    • 3. The Era of Scandals
    • Pt. II. At the Beach
    • 4. The Dream of the Shore 5. The Overcrowded Desert
    • 6. Borderland
    • Pt. III. In the Land of Naked Men
    • 7. Tribes and Territories
    • 8. Beach Society
    • 9. The Naked and the Raw
    • Epilogue: Robinson Faces His Destiny
    • App. Beach and Seaside Literature.
    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, c2003
    Language(s): English

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Porter, Catherine

Abstract

Around the world, when people think of vacation it's the beach they want-even when long distances must be traversed, the seashore is the place to escape the rigors of modern life. How did this come to be, and what does our ongoing love affair with the beach mean? How do shore vacations differ from traditional tourism, and what does this tell us about our dreams and fears? In At the Beach, Jean-Didier Urbain offers witty and insightful answers to these questions.

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History
Publisher (Source)

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, c2003

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ISBN

0816634513

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