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- Discusses why the coast is a significant space historically, socially and culturally that demands sociological investigation
- Using Australia as a case study the author critically engages with the ways in which coasts have developed
- Argues for an ethical rethinking of our use of coasts today to protect them for future generations
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Nick Osbaldiston
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Towards a Sociology of the Coast
Book Subtitle: Our Past, Present and Future Relationship to the Shore
Authors: Nick Osbaldiston
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48680-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48679-0Published: 02 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69544-7Published: 31 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48680-6Published: 20 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 275
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban History, Ethics