THE BEACH

ISBN-13: 978-0-7126-6596-4
Writers: Lena Lenček and Gideon Bosker
Title: The Beach
Subtitle: The History of Paradise on Earth
Foreword: Lena Lenček
Introduction: Lena Lenček and Gideon Bosker
Language: English
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: Pimlico
Year of Publication: 1999
Format: 152x232mm (trimmed)
Pages: xxiv+310
Illustrations: 125 black & white plates, pictures and sketches
Front Cover Photo: Telegraph Colour Library
Cover Design: Ekhorn
Binding: Paperback in colour wrappers
Weight: 444gr.
Original price: GBP 10.00
Entry No.: 2007001
Entry Date: 5^th January 2007

BOOK DESCRIPTION

As dazzling and seductive as the landscape it celebrates, here is the first book to tell the story of the beach –its history, customs, spectacles and scandals>

From being a wasteland at the margins of civilization –remote, unknown, dangerous –the beach is now seen as nature’s most potent anti depressant, everyone’s favourite get-away destination. Using a hugely entertaining historical account as its narrative framework, this lavishly illustrated book charts the evolution of the seaside from ancient societies to its present role as the central staging ground for diversions of all sort.