A Political History of Surfing: Chapters on Imperialism, Diplomacy, and Commodification

Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing is a text-based dataset from paperswithcode. The description outlines a structured analysis of surfing's political and cultural dimensions, authored by Scott Laderman. The dataset's specific size, format, and last update date are unknown.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between imperialism and modern surf culture based on the chapter 'How Surfing Became American'
• Studying the role of travel and cultural diplomacy in surf exploration based on the chapter 'A World Made Safe for Discovery'
• Examining the commodification of experience within surfing based on the chapter 'Industrial Surfing'
• Investigating political activism within surfing communities based on the chapter 'When Surfing Discovered It Was Political'

Strengths

• The dataset is structured around a clear, book-length thematic analysis with distinct chapters.
• The author, Scott Laderman, is identified, providing a point of origin for the content.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Scott Laderman

Collection Method

Likely contains structured text from a book or academic manuscript.

Time Range

The temporal coverage suggested by the chapters spans from historical imperialism to the modern era.

Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

The geography suggested by the chapters includes the United States, Indonesia, and South Africa.