Navigate the Emerald Coast


Book Description

Whether you're a lifelong resident or a first-time visitor, there's always something new to discover about the Emerald Coast. But let's face it; the hook here is our beaches, which continually are recognized among the world's finest.The sun. The surf. The sugar-white sand (you won't burn your feet here). The Gulf of Mexico providing a shimmering turquoise backdrop and spectacular sunsets. It's why millions of visitors return to our neck of the woods every year. Simple, welcome to paradise. Navigate the Emerald Coast is a reader's guide to our beaches. Across Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties, there are thirty distinct beach destinations and beach communities to explore. A few are private locations with limited public access, but most come free of charge. Think of them as rooms with amazing views that last a lifetime.Inside the book, you'll learn about each of the beach destinations stretched across more than sixty miles of our coastline. Along the journey, you'll even pickup a few recipes from chefs who serve fresh seafood cuisine at our most popular eateries. So this book is about our coast. Well, your coast.




Shipwrecked Identities


Book Description

In this historical ethnography, Baron Pineda traces the history of the port town of Bilwi, now known officially as Puerto Cabezas, on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua to explore the development, transformation, and function of racial categories in this region. From the English colonial period, through the Sandinista conflict of the 1980s, to the aftermath of the Contra War, Pineda shows how powerful outsiders, as well as Nicaraguans, have made efforts to influence notions about African and Black identity among the Miskito Indians, Afro-Nicaraguan Creoles, and Mestizos in the region. In the process, he provides insight into the causes and meaning of social movements and political turmoil. Shipwrecked Identities also includes important critical analysis of the role of anthropologists and other North American scholars in the Contra-Sandinista conflict, as well as the ways these scholars have defined ethnic identities in Latin America.