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-> | ||
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 |
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 |
Laderman Scott <1971-> | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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