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"A succinct, engaging analysis of the issues that define California coastal preservation." * Environmental History *
"Coastal Sage will be of great interest to scholars working on California environmental history and coastal history and, perhaps more importantly, to California environmental activists." * Western Historical Quarterly *

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments

1 • Few Safe Harbors: Peter M. Douglas’s Formative Years
2 • California’s Coast: Its Origins and Pre-Commission Development
3 • Sea Change: California’s Environmental Surge
4 • Coastal Conservation, Politics, and a New Commission
5 • High Tide: Th e Executive Director Years
6 • Ebb Tide: Th e Receding Years
7 • Footprints in Sand: Peter Douglas’s Legacy

Appendix A: A Selected Time Line: California Coastal Conservation and Peter Douglas
Appendix B: A Selected List of Peter Douglas’s Accomplishments and Honors
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 10/11/2017
      ISBN13: 9780520296657, 978-0520296657
      ISBN10: 0520296656
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "A succinct, engaging analysis of the issues that define California coastal preservation." * Environmental History *
      "Coastal Sage will be of great interest to scholars working on California environmental history and coastal history and, perhaps more importantly, to California environmental activists." * Western Historical Quarterly *

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Preface
      Acknowledgments

      1 • Few Safe Harbors: Peter M. Douglas’s Formative Years
      2 • California’s Coast: Its Origins and Pre-Commission Development
      3 • Sea Change: California’s Environmental Surge
      4 • Coastal Conservation, Politics, and a New Commission
      5 • High Tide: Th e Executive Director Years
      6 • Ebb Tide: Th e Receding Years
      7 • Footprints in Sand: Peter Douglas’s Legacy

      Appendix A: A Selected Time Line: California Coastal Conservation and Peter Douglas
      Appendix B: A Selected List of Peter Douglas’s Accomplishments and Honors
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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