The world in the curl
Subtitle: an unconventional history of surfing
By: Peter Westwick, Peter Neushul
Contributors: Neushul, Peter, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780307719485
Subjects: Surfing; History
Description: Draws on decades of experience and the popular team-taught courses at the University of California at Santa Barbara to trace the cultural, political, economic and environmental aspects of surfing while evaluating the diverse range of influences that have rendered the sport a billion-dollar worldwide industry. --Publishers description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-392) and index.
Table of contents: title: The cradle of surfing; title: The Duke, Dillingham, and the Waikiki dream; title: The dark side of paradise : race and sex in Hawaii; title: Inventing Surfurbia : surfing to California; title: War and surfing; title: The surf boom; title: Charlie don't surf : surfing and counterculture; title: Surfing turns pro; title: Engineering the coast; title: Beating the crowds, literally and otherwise; title: Surf tech; title: Surfing at the frontiers; title: Women and surfing : from flappers to Roxy Girl; title: From Waikiki to Wall Street; title: The world in the curl.