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Title
Towards a sociology of the coast : our past, present and future relationship to the shore / Nick Osbaldiston.
ISBN
9781137486806 (electronic book)
1137486805 (electronic book)
9781137486790
1137486791
Published
London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations
Call Number
GB451.2
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.457
Summary
This book seeks to understand the coast as a place that has deep significance both historically and sociologically. Using several case studies in Australia, the author uses Max Weber’s approach to rationalisation to understand the different ways coasts have been interpreted throughout modern history. While today, coastal places are known for their aspects of lifestyle or adventure, their histories, underpinned by colonialism and industrialization, are vastly different. The author examines the delicate dichotomy between the alternative experiences the coast provides today, versus the ideals and values imposed upon it in times gone by. The author makes an ethical argument about the ways in which we use and experience the coast today will adversely affect the lives of future generations in an attempt to generate further discussion amongst students and scholars of the sociology of place, as well as coastal managers and stakeholders. .-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 30, 2017).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 1137486791
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.
