Skiing into Modernity : A Cultural and Environmental History Paperback / softback
by Andrew Denning
Part of the Sport in World History series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, 1 map, 28 b-w images, 3 tables
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:26/11/2014
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- ISBN:9780520284289
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Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, 1 map, 28 b-w images, 3 tables
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:26/11/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520284289
