Skiing into Modernity - A Cultural and Environmental History (Hardcover, First Edition, None ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Sport in World History, 3
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	2015
Authors:	Andrew Denning
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	256
Edition:	First Edition, None ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28427-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Winter sports > Skiing Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-28427-5
Barcode:	9780520284272

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