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The world in the curl : an unconventional history of surfing / Peter Westwick, Peter Neushul.

Van Pelt Library GV839.5 .W47 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Westwick, Peter J., author.
Neushul, Peter, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Surfing--History.
Surfing.
History.
Physical Description:
x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-392) and index.
ISBN:
9780307719485
0307719480
OCLC:
826899295

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