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Against the tide the battle for America's beachesby Dean, Cornelia
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Book DescriptionColumbia University Press, 1999; c1999. Hardback.. Very good condition./Very good dust jacket.. * * * Selling books of merit since 1988. * * * Prompt, Professional Service. Satisfaction Guaranteed. * * * Book summaryThrough accessible scientific explanations, Dean demonstrates how natural disasters affect beaches and how, by developing and protecting beachfront property, Americans destroy the very beaches they treasure. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999.Media Reviews"This is not the usual environmental book, a genre whose reduction of nature's complexity to a simple-minded battle between nobility and greed easily arouses the curmudgeon....Ms. Dean is smarter than that; she knows that the best advocacy is to lay out the whole story, all sides fairly and neutrally, and bet that readers will see what she sees." -- Ann Finkbeiner, New York Times "The situation is heart-rending for hundreds of coastal communities, and Dean tries to be evenhanded about its complexities....Dean has done a first-rate job of making coastal conservation interesting. AGAINST THE TIDE would be good beach reading." -- David Rains Wallace, New York Times Book Review "While AGAINST THE TIDE is especially valuable reading for coastal residents, those of us who live in places like Denver ought to find out how our hard-earned tax dollars are being thrown into the oceans." -- Jules L. Wagman, Denver Post First LineAs the twentieth century dawned on Galveston, Texas, the island city was a thriving place. Publisher NotesThe science editor for the "New York Times" issues a call to arms in this beautifully written book that covers the science as well as the hubris-filled history of Americans' efforts to hold back the sea. 27 photos. ExcerptAmerican political institutions, even our national mythology, are ill-suited to the indeterminacy and elasticity of nature. Faced with a problem such as beach erosion, our response is to solve it, not to live with it. It would almost be un-American to concede that it is beyond us, that it is we who must adapt to the ocean, not the other way around. Other Recommended Books
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