| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Jeffers' Country -- Nature's highway -- Big Sur: utopia, U.S.A.? -- Open-space at continent's end -- The influence of the counter-culture, community, and State -- The "battle" for Big Sur, or debating the national environmental ethic -- Defining the value of California's coastline -- Epilogue: millionaires and beaches: the socio-political economics of California coastal preservation in the twenty-first century. |
| Summary |
"Big Sur embodies much of what has defined California since the mid twentieth century. A remote, inaccessible, and undeveloped pastoral landscape until 1937, Big Sur quickly became a cultural symbol of California and the West, as well as a home to the ultra-wealthy. This transformation was due in part to writers and artists such as Robinson Jeffers and Ansel Adams, who created an enduring mystique for this coastline. But Big Sur's prized coastline is also the product of the pioneering efforts of residents and Monterey County officials who forged a collaborative public/private preservation model for Big Sur that foreshadowed the shape of California coastal preservation in the twenty-first century. Big Sur's well-preserved vistas and high-end real estate situate this coastline between American ideals of development and the wild. It is a space that challenges the way most Americans think of nature, its relationship to people, and what in fact makes a place "wild." This book highlights today's complex and ambiguous intersections of class, the environment, and economic development through the lens of an iconic California landscape."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Big Sur (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions -- 21st century.
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Landscapes -- California -- Big Sur -- 21st century.
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Landscapes. |
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California -- Big Sur. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Economic development -- California -- Big Sur -- 21st century.
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Economic development. |
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Big Sur (Calif.)
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Big Sur Coast National Scenic Area (Calif.)
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brooks, Shelley Alden, 1979- Big Sur. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520294417 (DLC) 2017015969 (OCoLC)976253271 |
| ISBN |
9780520967540 (electronic book) |
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0520967542 (electronic book) |
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9780520294417 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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