On the Outside Edge : Being Diversions in the History of Skating Paperback / softback
by G Herbert Fowler
Edited by B a Thurber
Paperback / softback
Description
First published in 1897, On the Outside Edge is a clever and insightful introduction to the history of ice skating.
It begins by tracing the development of ice skates from bone skates to the type of skate used in nineteenth-century England.
Then, it describes the development of figure skating in Europe in the nineteenth century.
Some of Fowler's insights into the history of ice skating are stunning; he points out errors that continue to appear in histories of skating to this day.This edition includes the full text of the original work, a new introduction, and extensive commentary that provides background information and uses the results of current scholarship to bring this work into the twenty-first century.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:154 pages
- Publisher:Skating History Press
- Publication Date:30/01/2018
- ISBN:9781948100014
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:154 pages
- Publisher:Skating History Press
- Publication Date:30/01/2018
- ISBN:9781948100014
