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Shipwrecked : coastal disasters and the making of the American beach / Jamin Wells.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wells, Jamin, author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipwrecks--United States--History--19th century.
- Shipwrecks.
- Coasts--United States--History.
- Coasts.
- Beaches--United States--History.
- Beaches.
- Salvage--United States--History.
- Salvage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Drawing on a broad range of archival material, Jamin Wells examines how shipwrecks laid the groundwork for the beach tourism industry that would transform the American beach from coastal frontier to oceanfront playspace, spur substantial investment, reshape ideas about the coast, and turn the beach into a touchstone of the American experience.
- Contents:
- The American coastal frontier
- Taming the beach: wreckers and wreck law on the Jersey shore
- Transforming the shore: tourism, lifesavers, and the rise of Quonnie
- Clearing the coast: Captain T.A. Scott, a "True American"
- Shipwreck and spectacle on the modern beach.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908602-5-5
- 979-88-908602-6-2
- 1-4696-6091-1
- 1-4696-6089-X
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