John R. Gillis

Gebundenes Buch

The Human Shore

Seacoasts in History

Beschreibung

Humanity has forgotten how to live with the oceans. In this book, a magisterial account of 100,000 years of seaside civilization, the author recovers the coastal experience from its origins among the people who dwelled along the African shore to the bustle and glitz of today's megacities and beach resorts.

Autor

John R. Gillis is the author of Islands of the Mind; A World of Their Own Making: Myth Ritual, and the Quest for Family Values; and Commemorations. A professor of history emeritus at Rutgers University, he now divides his time between two coasts: Northern California and Maine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9780226922232
• ISBN-10: 0226922235
• Artikelnr.: 35525390