World in the Curl An Unconventional History of Surfing

Name: World in the Curl An Unconventional History of Surfing
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ISBN: 9780307719485

ISBN-10: 0307719480

ISBN-13: 9780307719485

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Authors: Peter Westwick, Peter Neushul

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The thinking-person's guide to surfing and the world it has created. For several semesters, the most popular course at the University of California at Santa Barbara was a team-taught lecture course on the history of surfing and, specifically, the cultural, political, economic, and environmental consequences of surfing's evolution from a sport of Hawaiian kings to a billion-dollar worldwide industry. Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul weren't surprised by the popularity of the class (UC Santa Barbara is a surfing school, after all, and together they have more than a century of experience in the water), but they were surprised that their non-surfing students outnumbered the surfers. There is…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Publication date: 7/23/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



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


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index