Shipwrecked: Coastal Disasters and the Making of the American Beach

Author:   Jamin Wells
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
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9781469660905


Pages:   258
Publication Date:   30 December 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jamin Wells
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781469660905


ISBN 10:   1469660903
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   30 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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. . . an impressive work, enlightening and fascinating for general readers and essential for academics studying the American shore. --American Nineteenth Century History Joining the cognitive landscape with the historical narrative from wreck-laden American century is no small effort, yet Wells does so with an accurate brevity and deft hand. - Sea History


Joining the cognitive landscape with the historical narrative from wreck-laden American century is no small effort, yet Wells does so with an accurate brevity and deft hand. - Sea History


[A] bold yet convincing argument. . . . Shipwrecked is a valuable contribution to a new wave of coastal and marine histories. --The North Carolina Historical Review . . . an impressive work, enlightening and fascinating for general readers and essential for academics studying the American shore. --American Nineteenth Century History Joining the cognitive landscape with the historical narrative from wreck-laden American century is no small effort, yet Wells does so with an accurate brevity and deft hand. - Sea History


. . . an impressive work, enlightening and fascinating for general readers and essential for academics studying the American shore. --American Nineteenth Century History Shipwrecked brilliantly takes a subject that has been overlooked by historians--or has been written off as only within the scope of maritime archaeologists--and shows how it played a key role in the emergence of coastal tourism and development. -- H-Nationalism [A] bold yet convincing argument. . . . Shipwrecked is a valuable contribution to a new wave of coastal and marine histories. --The North Carolina Historical Review Joining the cognitive landscape with the historical narrative from wreck-laden American century is no small effort, yet Wells does so with an accurate brevity and deft hand. - Sea History


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Jamin Wells is assistant professor of history at the University of West Florida.

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