Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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. |
Subject |
Surfing -- History.
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Added Author |
Neushul, Peter, author.
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ISBN |
9780307719485 hardback $26.00 |
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0307719480 hardback |
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9780307719508 (ebk.) |
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0307719502 (ebk.) |
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