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Tables of Contents for The Beach
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Foreword
xiii
Introduction
xix
No Man and the Sea
1
24
The Beach of Antiquity
25
20
Poised for the Plunge
45
25
Revolution on the Beach
70
25
Spirituality and Romance Come to the Beach
95
18
The Discreet Charms of the Bourgeois Beach
113
26
The Pleasure Beach
139
33
Swimmingly at the Beach
172
24
Sun on the Beach
196
27
Engineering Paradise
223
23
Castaways
246
21
Paradise Found (and Lost)
267
22
Paradises by the Sea
289
4
Bibliography
293
12
Index
305