A shifting shore : locals, outsiders, and the transformation of a French fishing town, 1823-2000 /

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"How does tourism transform fishing communities into vibrant resorts, working shores into bathing beaches? In A Shifting Shore, Alice Garner traces the ways fisherfolk, bathers, investors, and engineers understood, claimed, and remade the shores of the Bassin d'Arcachon, a prime fishing an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Garner, Alice, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
1800-1999
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Economic history.
Tourismus
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Visserij.
Sociaal-economische verandering.
Badplaatsen (recreatie)
Toerisme.
Arcachon (France) > History > 19th century.
Arcachon (France) > History > 20th century.
Arcachon (France) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Arcachon (France) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Arcachon Basin (France)
France > Arcachon.
France > Arcachon Basin.
Bucht von Arcachon
Arcachon.
Bassin d'Arcachon.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hideous virginity, or beautiful maps on Annonay paper
  • 2. A site of contention : the Pres Sales of La Teste
  • 3. To suspend the ocean
  • 4. Oceano Nox
  • 5. An emotional tableau
  • 6. Movement and life : the Bordeaux-La Teste railway line
  • 7. The Pacific conquests of hygiene
  • 8. Whistles and pickets, or dejecta of all sorts
  • 9. A magnificent panorama
  • 10. Posing for posterity
  • Epilogue : other occupations.

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