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Author Fradkin, Philip L.

Title The left coast : California on the edge / photos by Alex L. Fradkin ; text by Philip L. Fradkin
Published Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 115 pages, [109] of plates) : color illustrations
Contents Coastal memories -- The wild coast -- The agricultural coast -- The residential coast -- The tourist coast -- The recreational coast -- The industrial coast -- The military coast -- The political coast
Summary Philip L. Fradkin, one of California's most acclaimed environmental historians, felt drawn to the coast as soon as he arrived in California in 1960. His first book, California: The Golden Coast, captured the wonder of the shoreline's natural beauty along with the controversies it engendered. In The Left Coast, the author and his photographer son Alex Fradkin revisit some of the same places they explored together in the early 1970s. From their written and visual approaches, this father-son team brings a unique generational perspective to the subject. Mixing history, geography, interviews, perso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-107) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Fradkin, Philip L. -- Travel -- California
Fradkin, Alex (Alex Leon), 1966- -- Travel -- California
SUBJECT Fradkin, Alex (Alex Leon), 1966- fast
Fradkin, Philip L. fast
Subject Coasts -- California.
Natural history -- California
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Coasts
Natural history
Travel
SUBJECT California -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018870
California -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018879
Subject California
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Fradkin, Alex (Alex Leon), 1966-
LC no. 2010035056
ISBN 9780520948778
0520948777
1283277883
9781283277884