Skiing Into Modernity
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Skiing Into Modernity
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Author : Andrew Denning
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2014-11-26
Skiing Into Modernity written by Andrew Denning and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-26 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"Examines the relationship between skiers and the Alpine environment since the late nineteenth century. It argues that skiing and winter tourism modernized the Alps in both material and perceptual terms while the Alpine landscape itself challenged skiers to alter their practices and philosophies of sport, leisure and nature, harmonizing Alpine skiing with modern cultural values and social practices in the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
Leisure Cultures And The Making Of Modern Ski Resorts
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Author : Philipp Strobl
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-09-11
Leisure Cultures And The Making Of Modern Ski Resorts written by Philipp Strobl and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This edited volume offers an historical perspective on the creation of a global mass industry around skiing. By focusing on the ski resort as loci par excellence for global exchange, the contributors consider the development of skiing around the world during the crucial post-war years. With its global lens, Leisure Cultures and the Making of Modern Ski Resorts highlights both commonalities and differences between countries. Experts across various fields of research cover developments across the ski-able world, from Europe, Asia and America to Australia. Attention to media and material cultures reveals an insight into global fashions, consumption and ski cultures, and the impact of mainstream media in the 1960s and 1970s. This global and interdisciplinary approach will appeal to history, sociology, cultural and media research scholars interested in a cultural history of skiing, as well as those with more broad interests in globalization, consumption research, and knowledge transfer.
The Story Of Modern Skiing
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Author : John Fry
language : en
Publisher: University Press of New England
Release Date : 2017-03-14
The Story Of Modern Skiing written by John Fry and has been published by University Press of New England this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport's development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of Modern Skiing is laced with revelations from the author's personal relationships with skiing greats such as triple Olympic gold medalists Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy, double gold medalist and environmental champion Andrea Mead Lawrence, first women's World Cup winner Nancy Greene, World Alpine champion Billy Kidd, Sarajevo gold and silver medalists Phil and Steve Mahre, and industry pioneers such as Vail founder Pete Seibert, metal ski designer Howard Head, and plastic boot inventor Bob Lange. Fry writes authoritatively of alpine skiing in North America and Europe, of Nordic skiing, and of newer variations in the sport: freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and extreme skiing. He looks closely at skiing's relationship to the environment, its portrayal in the media, and its response to social and economic change. Maps locating major resorts, records of ski champions, and a timeline, bibliography, glossary, and index of names and places make this the definitive work on modern skiing. Skiers of all ages and abilities will revel in this lively tale of their sport's heritage.
Skiing Into Modernity
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Author : Andrew Denning
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2014-11-26
Skiing Into Modernity written by Andrew Denning and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-26 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
Invitation To Modern Skiing
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Author : Fred Iselin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Invitation To Modern Skiing written by Fred Iselin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.
White Planet
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Author : Leslie Anthony
language : en
Publisher: Greystone Books
Release Date : 2010-09-27
White Planet written by Leslie Anthony and has been published by Greystone Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-27 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Writer and adventurer Leslie Anthony has spent his life on two planks, racing down hills, searching for the next perfect ride. His real baptism, however, began in the early nineties when Alaska emerged as the ski world’s Next Big Thing. Steep faces and vast tracks of powder snow, were captured on film and beamed to audiences around the world. The result was a freeskiing revolution. With insight and humor, White Planet, traces an arc through the new ski culture, in a rock ‘n’ roll adventure that follows a diaspora to far-flung corners of the globe. Along the way, Anthony introduces many of the daredevils, visionaries and entrepreneurs who are bringing the sport to such unexpected places as Mexico, China, Lebanon and India.
Invitation To Modern Skiing
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Author : Fred Iselin
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 1971-10-15
Invitation To Modern Skiing written by Fred Iselin and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-10-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Two Planks And A Passion
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Author : Roland Huntford
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01-31
Two Planks And A Passion written by Roland Huntford and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with History categories.
Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth. Man is a travelling animal, and on these icy slopes skiing began as a means of survival. That it has developed into the leisure and sporting pursuit of choice by so much of the globe bears testament to its elemental appeal. In polar exploration, it has changed the course of history. Elsewhere, in war and peace, it has done so too. The origins of skiing are bound up in with the emergence of modern man and the world we live in today.
A Frame Ski Technique
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Author : Bill HERNON
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-21
A Frame Ski Technique written by Bill HERNON and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-21 with categories.
The Culture And Sport Of Skiing
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Author : E. John B. Allen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 2007
The Culture And Sport Of Skiing written by E. John B. Allen and has been published by Univ of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
A comprehensive history of skiing from its earliest origins to the outbreak of World War II, this book traces the transformation of what for centuries remained an exclusively utilitarian practice into the exhilarating modern sport we know today. E. John B. Allen places particular emphasis on the impact of culture on the development of skiing, from the influence of Norwegian nationalism to the role of the military in countries as far removed as Austria, India, and Japan. Although the focus is on Europe, Allen's analysis ranges all over the snow-covered world, from Algeria to China to Zakopane. He also discusses the participation of women and children in what for much of its history remained a male-dominated sport. Of all the individuals who contributed to the modernization of skiing before World War II, Allen identifies three who were especially influential: Fridtjof Nansen of Norway, whose explorations on skis paradoxically inspired the idea of skiing as sport; Arnold Lunn of England, whose invention of downhill skiing and the slalom were foundations of the sport's globalization; and Hannes Schneider, whose teachings introduced both speed and safety into the sport. Underscoring the extent to which ancient ways persisted despite modernization, the book ends with the Russo-Finnish War, a conflict in which the Finns, using equipment that would have been familiar a thousand years before, were able to maneuver in snow that had brought the mechanized Soviet army to a halt. More than fifty images not only illustrate this rich history but provide further opportunity for analysis of its cultural significance.