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Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies (Culture America (Hardcover))
Annie Gilbe Coleman
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Description for Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies (Culture America (Hardcover))
Hardcover. Annie Coleman has written the first cultural history of skiing in the United States, telling how this European sport evolved into an American industry combining recreation, tourism, consumption, and wildness. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFCA; WSWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Visitors to Colorado's famous ski resorts embrace alpine adventures, luxurious amenities, and a glamorous nightlife, all against a backdrop of towering mountains and high-drifted snow. Wherever they go in search of fresh powder, one thing is certain: skiing has become a major part of recreational sport and culture and, in the process, dramatically altered America's social, physical, economic, and imaginative landscapes. Annie Coleman has written the first cultural history of skiing in the United States, telling how this European sport evolved into an American industry combining recreation, tourism, consumption, and wilderness - along with a solid dose of exhilaration and ... Read more
Visitors to Colorado's famous ski resorts embrace alpine adventures, luxurious amenities, and a glamorous nightlife, all against a backdrop of towering mountains and high-drifted snow. Wherever they go in search of fresh powder, one thing is certain: skiing has become a major part of recreational sport and culture and, in the process, dramatically altered America's social, physical, economic, and imaginative landscapes. Annie Coleman has written the first cultural history of skiing in the United States, telling how this European sport evolved into an American industry combining recreation, tourism, consumption, and wilderness - along with a solid dose of exhilaration and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
CultureAmerica
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700613410
SKU
V9780700613410
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About Annie Gilbe Coleman
Annie Gilbert Coleman grew up in Hanover, New Hampshire, and skied at various times for the Ford Sayre Ski Program, the Killington Freestyle Ski Team, the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, and the Williams College Ski Team. Her article ""The Unbearable Whiteness of Skiing"" in the Pacific Historical Review won the W. Turrentine Jackson Prize. She is assistant professor of history ... Read more
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