Did you know that women once wore corsets under their bathing suits? Or that "semi-drowning"--the strip and plunge practice--was thought to be good for one's health? Or that Pudgy Stockton, the body-building queen of Muscle Beach, California, opened the country's first gym for women? From the bathhouses of the ancient Greeks to Venice Beach and Coney Island, Let's Go to the Beach takes a multifaceted and well researched look at beaches and their attendant customs. The text explores such historical transformations as the ...
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Did you know that women once wore corsets under their bathing suits? Or that "semi-drowning"--the strip and plunge practice--was thought to be good for one's health? Or that Pudgy Stockton, the body-building queen of Muscle Beach, California, opened the country's first gym for women? From the bathhouses of the ancient Greeks to Venice Beach and Coney Island, Let's Go to the Beach takes a multifaceted and well researched look at beaches and their attendant customs. The text explores such historical transformations as the evolution of the waterways from places of commerce to venues of health and recreation, as well as the bathing suit's revealing journey from full-body cover-up to string bikini. Information about environmental concerns (including beach safety and preservation), along with quirky facts and trivia, round out this intriguing volume.
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Very Good. 3 BRAND NEW AUDIO CDs. NEW in the shrink wrap. Just a bit of shelf wear. Enjoy this New Audio CD edition GIFT QUALITY for your home and library.
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Very Good. 3 BRAND NEW AUDIO CDs. NEW CDS SEALED in the shrink wrap. Just a bit of shelf wear. Enjoy this NEW AUDIO CD performance GIFT QUALITY for your home and library.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. An interesting history of the usage of beaches and the social customs attached thereto, especially in America, revealing much fascinating trivia and factoids, including the evolution of the bathing suit, the rules and restrictions, health and recreational issues, much more, the text replete with many nice historical photographs. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, chronology, various lists, bibliography, indexed, 144pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
