[Online library] Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History)
• Andrew Denning •
| #375274 in Books | 2014-11-26 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.60 x6.00l, | File Name: 0520284283 | 256 pages
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| This is an excellent book, but some readers will be put off by its academic style and inclusion of social theory.|By lyndonbrecht|This is one volume of a new series from UC Press on sports. It is NOT a history of skiing, although it has lots of history. Denning examines the development of Alpine skiing from its beginnings in the late 1800s through its rise to such popularity t||
"[An] intellectual study."
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 natu... [PDF.xe43] Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History) Rating: 3.74 (607 Votes)
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Skiing into Modernity: A Cultural and Environmental History (Sport in World History) | Andrew Denning. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
