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Skiing into modernity : a cultural and environmental history / Andrew Denning.
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denning, Andrew, 1983- author.
- Series:
- Sport in world history ; 3.
- Sport in World History ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skis and skiing--Alps--History.
- Skis and skiing.
- Skis and skiing--Social aspects--Alps.
- Tourism--Alps--History.
- Tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (624 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Skiing into Modernity is the story of how skiing moved from Europe's Scandinavian periphery to the mountains of central Europe, where it came to define the modern Alps and set the standard for skiing across the world. Denning offers a fresh, sophisticated, and engaging cultural and environmental history of skiing that alters our understanding of the sport and reveals how leisure practices evolve in unison with our changing relationship to nature. Denning probes the modernist self-definition of Alpine skiers and the sport's historical appeal for individuals who sought to escape city strictures while achieving mastery of mountain environments through technology and speed-two central features distinguishing early twentieth-century cultures.Skiing into Modernity surpasses existing literature on the history of skiing to explore intersections between work, tourism, leisure, development, environmental destruction, urbanism, and more.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. An Uphill Climb
- 2. A Civilizing Force
- 3. A Family Feud
- 4. Joy in Movement
- 5. Ecstasy in Speed
- 6. Modernity in Sport
- 7. Consuming Alpine Skiing
- 8. The Pursuit of White Gold
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520284289
- 0520284283
- 9780520959897
- 0520959892
- OCLC:
- 966854717
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