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University of California Press
- Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of California Press
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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.
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.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- PART ONE. Taking Root
- ONE. An Uphill Climb
- pp. 21-36
- TWO. A Civilizing Force
- pp. 37-57
- THREE. A Family Feud
- pp. 58-72
- PART TWO. Modern Mobilities
- FOUR. Joy in Movement
- pp. 75-89
- FIVE. Ecstasy in Speed
- pp. 90-109
- SIX. Modernity in Sport
- pp. 110-128
- PART THREE. Landscape of Leisure
- SEVEN. Consuming Alpine Skiing
- pp. 131-152
- EIGHT. The Pursuit of White Gold
- pp. 153-170
- Bibliography
- pp. 215-230
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520959897
Related ISBN(s)
9780520284272
MARC Record
OCLC
966854717
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No