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Skiing Into Modernity

Andrew Denning

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Description:"Skiing into Modernity" is the story of how skiing moved from Europes 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 sports historical appeal for individuals who sought to escape city strictures while achieving mastery of mountain environments through technology and speedtwo 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. To get started finding Skiing Into Modernity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: University of California Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1322221634

Description: "Skiing into Modernity" is the story of how skiing moved from Europes 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 sports historical appeal for individuals who sought to escape city strictures while achieving mastery of mountain environments through technology and speedtwo 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. To get started finding Skiing Into Modernity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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