Towards a Sociology of the Coast: Our Past, Present and Future Relationship to the Shore

By Nick Osbaldiston

Book Overview

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Methods and Theory.- Chapter 3. The Premodern Coast.- Chapter 4. The Modern Coastal Explorer: Matthew Flinders.- Chapter 5. Modernity meets Lifestyle: The Historical Case Study of Noosa.- Chapter 6. Lifestyle Coasts Today: Contemporary Noosa.- Chapter 7. Modernity meets Adventure: The Historical Case Study of Surfers Paradise.- Chapter 8. Adventure Coasts Today: Contemporary Surfers Paradise.- Chapter 9. The Future Coasts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137486791
• ISBN13: 9781137486790
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"