Leisure Cultures and the Making of Modern Ski Resorts
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 glob...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | Global Culture and Sport Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Skiing Transnational - Cultures, Practices and Ideas On The Move; Aneta Podkalicka and Philipp Strobl
- 2. Going Downhill? The Industrialisation of Skiing From the 1930s to the 1970s; Andrew Denning
- 3. Slippery Slopes: Skiing, Fashion and Intrigue in 1960s Film; Marilyn Cohen and Nancy Deihl
- 4. Mount Uludağ: The Making of Turkey’s St. Moritz; Onur Inal
- 5. Skiing Through Time: Articulating a Landscape Heritage of Swedish Cross-country Skiing; Daniel Svensson
- 6. Arlberg: The Creation of a Resort and the Transfer of Knowledge; Christof Thöny
- 7. American Bucks and Austrian Buccaneers: Sun Valley - The Making of America’s First Winter Resort; Günter Bischof
- 8. “We Want to Be More Like The West”: Skiing for All in the 1950s–1970s Poland; Stanisław Jędrzejewski
- 9. From Niche Sport to Mass Tourism – Transnational Lives in Australia’s Thredbo Resort; Philipp Strobl