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Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History Book 3)

Andrew Denning
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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History Book 3). To get started finding Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History Book 3), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
253
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
2014
ISBN
0520959892

Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History Book 3)

Andrew Denning
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History Book 3). To get started finding Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History Book 3), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
253
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
2014
ISBN
0520959892

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