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- ISBN
- 0307719480
- EAN
- 9780307719485
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- The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing
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Publisher
Crown/Archetype
ISBN-10
0307719480
ISBN-13
9780307719485
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143562846
Product Key Features
Book Title
World in the Curl : an Unconventional History of Surfing
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Social History, History, Surfing
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
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" The World in the Curl is the most scholarly and comprehensive history of the sport born on the waves of Hawaii Surfing" Fred Hemmings, Hawaii's 1968 World Champion surfer and a founding father of Pro Surfing "Although not often recognized as such, the ocean is by far the planet's largest wilderness. Surfing takes place at a frontier of civilization. Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul make their book come alive because they have walked (and swum!) the talk. It's an inside, honest, sometimes painful, story. Surfing provides the matrix, but there is broader and deeper dimension to this book. It's a cultural, environmental, and sociological history of the interface between our species and the edge of the continents." Dr. Roderick Frazier Nash, Professor Emeritus of History and Environmental Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara and author of Wilderness and the American Mind "Surfing rides the wave of history in Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul's The World in the Curl. Through deeply researched and engagingly told tales from the Polynesian settlement of Hawaii to today's global surf industry, Westwick and Neushul take us into the impact zone where surfing and society collide and cultures are transformed. This book is as epic, in its way, as a big day at Mavericks. Read it for its context, dig it for its stoke." David Helvarg, author of The Golden Shore, " The World in the Curl is the most scholarly and comprehensive history of the sport born on the waves of Hawaii Surfing" Fred Hemmings, Hawaii's 1968 World Champion surfer and a founding father of Pro Surfing, "Every surfer on earth ought to buy and read this book. From the motorized ''warboards'' developed by the US military in WW2, to the hidden racist evil of legendary surfer Mickey Dora, The World in the Curl offers that greatest of gifts to any sub-culture: taking it seriously, treating our great sport as a legitimate lens through which to view human experience in, on, and around the oceans for the last thousand years." Daniel Duane, author of Caught Inside " The World in the Curl is the most scholarly and comprehensive history of the sport born on the waves of Hawaii Surfing." Fred Hemmings, Hawaii''s 1968 World Champion surfer and a founding father of Pro Surfing "The World in the Curl deftly and engagingly charts the origins and evolution of surfing from ancient Polynesian pastime to a truly global sport with 20 million devotees, from Tasmania to Iceland, Gaza to Japan. Surfing's cultural and commercial influence reaches vastly farther, touching billions with pervasive images of personal freedom, youth, and quintessential cool. Westwick and Neushul show that surfing's rise has surprising depths, as it became the world's most iconoclastically-iconic sport by thriving at the intersections of radical change: colonialism, capitalism, consumerism, shifting gender, class, and racial mores, and above all in the paradoxical landscapes of modern war: with leisured teenagers in Sunbelt suburbs, with soldiers in Vietnam, and with aerospace engineers making surfboards and wetsuits with techniques and materials from the military-industrial complex. Surfing has long had a split personality: is it harmless, wholesome fun, or a more subversive, outsider activity? Is it soulful communion with nature, or commercial enterprise, competitive and commodified? Throughout the narrative, we are reminded of the social and moral dimensions of sports, perfectly exemplified by ''surfing's constant struggle to save its soul.''" Wade Graham, author of American Eden "Surf's up! And so is this history and celebration of the surfing art, at once academically impressive yet alive with the passion and insight of two surfer dude professors of a kindand a bookthat only California can produce." Kevin Starr, University of Southern California "Although not often recognized as such, the ocean is by far the planet's largest wilderness. Surfing takes place at a frontier of civilization. Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul make their book come alive because they have walked (and swum!) the talk. It's an inside, honest, sometimes painful, story. Surfing provides the matrix, but there is broader and deeper dimension to this book. It's a cultural, environmental, and sociological history of the interface between our species and the edge of the continents." Dr. Roderick Frazier Nash, Professor Emeritus of History and Environmental Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara and author of Wilderness and the American Mind "Surfing rides the wave of history in Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul''s The World in the Curl. Through deeply researched and engagingly told tales from the Polynesian settlement of Hawaii to today''s global surf industry, Westwick and Neushul take us into the impact zone where surfing and society collide and cultures are transformed. This book is as epic, in its way, as a big day at Mavericks. Read it for its context, dig it for its stoke." David Helvarg, author of The Golden Shore "Surfers, sprung from the natural sea to a Beach Boys soundtrack who knew their origins span colonial confrontaiton to aerospace innovation? The World in the Curl is a brilliant history of sport, culture, technology and crashing political waves, a perfect ride for anyone who delights in understanding the complex crosscurrents that have shaped our social history." David Beers, author of Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America's Fall from Grace, " The World in the Curl is the most scholarly and comprehensive history of the sport born on the waves of Hawaii Surfing" Fred Hemmings, Hawaii's 1968 World Champion surfer and a founding father of Pro Surfing "The World in the Curl deftly and engagingly charts the origins and evolution of surfing from ancient Polynesian pastime to a truly global sport with 20 million devotees, from Tasmania to Iceland, Gaza to Japan. Surfing's cultural and commercial influence reaches vastly farther, touching billions with pervasive images of personal freedom, youth, and quintessential cool. Westwick and Neushul show that surfing's rise has surprising depths, as it became the world's most iconoclastically-iconic sport by thriving at the intersections of radical change: colonialism, capitalism, consumerism, shifting gender, class, and racial mores, and above all in the paradoxical landscapes of modern war: with leisured teenagers in Sunbelt suburbs, with soldiers in Vietnam, and with aerospace engineers making surfboards and wetsuits with techniques and materials from the military-industrial complex. Surfing has long had a split personality: is it harmless, wholesome fun, or a more subversive, outsider activity? Is it soulful communion with nature, or commercial enterprise, competitive and commodified? Throughout the narrative, we are reminded of the social and moral dimensions of sports, perfectly exemplified by "surfing's constant struggle to save its soul."" Wade Graham, author of American Eden "Although not often recognized as such, the ocean is by far the planet's largest wilderness. Surfing takes place at a frontier of civilization. Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul make their book come alive because they have walked (and swum!) the talk. It's an inside, honest, sometimes painful, story. Surfing provides the matrix, but there is broader and deeper dimension to this book. It's a cultural, environmental, and sociological history of the interface between our species and the edge of the continents." Dr. Roderick Frazier Nash, Professor Emeritus of History and Environmental Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara and author of Wilderness and the American Mind "Surfing rides the wave of history in Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul's The World in the Curl. Through deeply researched and engagingly told tales from the Polynesian settlement of Hawaii to today's global surf industry, Westwick and Neushul take us into the impact zone where surfing and society collide and cultures are transformed. This book is as epic, in its way, as a big day at Mavericks. Read it for its context, dig it for its stoke." David Helvarg, author of The Golden Shore "Surfers, sprung from the natural sea to a Beach Boys soundtrack who knew their origins span colonial confrontaiton to aerospace innovation? The World in the Curl is a brilliant history of sport, culture, technology and crashing political waves, a perfect ride for anyone who delights in understanding the complex crosscurrents that have shaped our social history." David Beers, author of Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America's Fall from Grace
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A definitive and highly readable history of surfing and the cultural, political, economic, and environmental consequences of its evolution from a sport of Hawaiian kings and queens to a billion-dollar worldwide industry Despite its rebellious, outlaw reputation, or perhaps because of it, surfing occupies a central place in the American - and global - imagination, embodying the tension between romantic counterculture ideals and middle-class values, between an individualistic communion with nature and a growing commitment to commerce and technology. In examining the enduring widespread appeal of surfing in both myth and reality, The World in the Curl offers a fresh angle on the remarkable rise of the sport and its influence on modern life. Drawing on Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul's expertise as historians of science and technology, the environment, and the Cold War, as well as decades of experience as surfers themselves, The World in the Curl brings alive the colorful history of surfing by drawing readers into the forces that fueled the sport's expansion: colonialism, the military-industrial complex, globalization, capitalism, environmental engineering, and race and gender roles. In an engaging and provocative narrative history - from the spread of surfing to the United States, to the development of surf culture, to the reintroduction of women into the sport, to big wave frontiers - the authors draw an indelible portrait of surfing and surfers as actors on the global stage.
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GV839.5.W47 2013
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