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Recreation and the sea / edited by Stephen Fisher.
LIBRA GV770.4.G7 R438 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Exeter maritime studies ; no. 13.
- Exeter maritime studies ; no. 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aquatic sports--Great Britain--History.
- Aquatic sports.
- Aquatic sports--Europe--History.
- Seashore--Recreational use--Great Britain--History.
- Seashore.
- Seashore--Recreational use.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Seashore--Recreational use--Europe--History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter, UK : University of Exeter Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Recreation and the Sea focuses on the theme of the sea and leisure activities in England and Continental Europe.
- The book includes original essays on the rise of English yachting from 1640-1827; middle class yachting in Northwest England in the later nineteenth century; English attitudes to seabathing; the seaside resorts of Western Europe; tourism in Cornwall; and Torquay in the interwar years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0859895408
- OCLC:
- 37882608
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