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Copyright © 2007 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America lc 2007004223 isbn 978-1-55849-601-9 (paper); 600-2 (library cloth) Designed by Richard Hendel Set in Scala and Scala Sans by dix! Digital Prepress, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Allen, E. John B., 1933– The culture and sport of skiing : from antiquity to World War II / E. John B. Allen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Skis and skiing—History. 2. Skis and skiing— Social aspects. I. Title. isbn 978-1-55849-600-2 (cloth : alk. paper)— isbn 978-1-55849-601-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) GV854.1.A45 2007 796.93—dc22 2007004223 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. Frontispiece (p. viii): After his Greenland crossing on skis and his return from the attempt on the North Pole, for Norwegians Fridtjof Nansen became the reincarnate Viking, embodying the secular religion of nationalism. ...

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