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Empire in waves : a political history of surfing / / Scott Laderman
| Empire in waves : a political history of surfing / / Scott Laderman |
| Autore | Laderman Scott <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina | 797.3/2 |
| Collana | Sport in World History |
| Soggetto topico |
Surfing - History
Surfing - Political aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american foreign relations
american imperialism apartheid athletes beaches blue crush cold war commodification diplomacy empire gidget globalization hawaii history of surfing history imperialism individual sports indonesia industrial surfing international politics long 20th century low wage labor modern surf culture ocean political history of surfing politics repression south africa sports surfing today surfing the beach boys tourism united states of america wave riding waves |
| ISBN |
0-520-27911-5
0-520-95804-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Political History of Surfing -- 1. How Surfing Became American: The Imperial Roots of Modern Surf Culture -- 2. A World Made Safe for Discovery: Travel, Cultural Diplomacy, and the Politics of Surf Exploration -- 3. Paradise Found: The Discovery of Indonesia and the Surfing Imagination -- 4. When Surfing Discovered It Was Political: Confronting South African Apartheid -- 5. Industrial Surfing: The Commodification of Experience -- Epilogue: A New Millennium -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790708003321 |
Laderman Scott <1971->
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| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Empire in waves : a political history of surfing / / Scott Laderman
| Empire in waves : a political history of surfing / / Scott Laderman |
| Autore | Laderman Scott <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina | 797.3/2 |
| Collana | Sport in World History |
| Soggetto topico |
Surfing - History
Surfing - Political aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american foreign relations
american imperialism apartheid athletes beaches blue crush cold war commodification diplomacy empire gidget globalization hawaii history of surfing history imperialism individual sports indonesia industrial surfing international politics long 20th century low wage labor modern surf culture ocean political history of surfing politics repression south africa sports surfing today surfing the beach boys tourism united states of america wave riding waves |
| ISBN |
0-520-27911-5
0-520-95804-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Political History of Surfing -- 1. How Surfing Became American: The Imperial Roots of Modern Surf Culture -- 2. A World Made Safe for Discovery: Travel, Cultural Diplomacy, and the Politics of Surf Exploration -- 3. Paradise Found: The Discovery of Indonesia and the Surfing Imagination -- 4. When Surfing Discovered It Was Political: Confronting South African Apartheid -- 5. Industrial Surfing: The Commodification of Experience -- Epilogue: A New Millennium -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823827003321 |
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Laderman Scott <1971->
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| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On her own terms [[electronic resource] ] : Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West / / Barbara R. Stein
| On her own terms [[electronic resource] ] : Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West / / Barbara R. Stein |
| Autore | Stein Barbara R. <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina |
570/.92
B |
| Soggetto topico | Zoologists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adventure
american west annie montague alexander berkeley biography california conservation environment explorer extinction female scientists feminism field research fossils gender hawaii historical women history lesbian lgbt lgbtqia louise kellogg markswoman natural history museum naturalist nonfiction old west paleontology philanthropist pioneer radical women sugar empire the west travel urbanization women and science women in history women in science women in stem womens studies zoology |
| ISBN |
1-282-35625-9
0-520-92638-2 9786612356254 1-59734-781-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Samuel Alexander And Henry Baldwin -- 2. Life In Oakland -- 3. A Passion For Paleontology -- 4. Africa, 1904 -- 5. Meeting C. Hart Merriam -- 6. Alaska, 1906 -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 9. An Unusual Collaboration -- 10. Louise And Prince William Sound -- 11. Support For Paleontology -- 12. Hearst, Sather, Flood -- 13. Innisfail Ranch -- 14. Vancouver Island And The Trinity Alps -- 15. The Team Of Alexander And Kellogg -- 16. From "A Friend Of The University" -- 17. Founding A Museum Of Paleontology -- 18. A Restless Decade -- 19. Europe, 1923 -- 20. The Temple Tour -- 21. The "Amoeba Treatment" -- 22. Fieldwork-The Later Years -- 23. Saline Valley -- 24. The End Of An Era -- 25. Hawaii-"My Only Real Home" -- 26. The Switch To Botany -- 27. Baja California-Tres Mujeres Sin Miedo -- 28. Investing In The Future -- 29. An Enduring Legacy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780375603321 |
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Stein Barbara R. <1955->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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