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9781558490475

From Skisport to Skiing

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  • ISBN13:

    9781558490475

  • ISBN10:

    1558490477

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr

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Allen "has captured the fun, trivia, and bravado of skiing while offering a thoroughly researched national overview and analysis of its first century in the United States". -- Journal of American History

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
The Skisport, 1840-1920p. 1
The Skisport: an Introductionp. 3
California Gold Rush Snow-Shoeingp. 13
Utilitarian Skiing and Ludic Enthusiasmsp. 29
Foundation of the Skisportp. 47
Controlling the Skisportp. 63
The New Enthusiastsp. 75
The Mechanization of Skiing, 1920-1940p. 87
Post-World War I: Prelude to Skiingp. 89
The Mechanization of Skiingp. 104
The Sport of Skiingp. 117
Western Idyllsp. 135
The Economics of Pleasurep. 145
Epilogue: to the Futurep. 171
Notesp. 175
Selected: Bibliographyp. 219
Indexp. 227
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