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- Book Title
- Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing
- Publication Date
- 2008-11-01
- Pages
- 456
- ISBN
- 9781847252364
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1847252362
ISBN-13
9781847252364
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65749972
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Publication Name
Two Planks and a Passion : the Dramatic History of Skiing
Language
English
Subject
Skiing, General, History
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
28.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-301426
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Roland Huntford's book is an amazingly detailed history of skiing's Scandinavian origins." BBC History Magazine, "The breadth of his scholarship, which includes an easy familiarity with Scandinavian texts, is extraordinary." Literary Review, 'This will be skiing's definitive history for years to come...' Alex Wade, Times Literary Supplement, 'This is a deeply scholarly work ... Fortunately scholarly in this instance is not synonymous with dull ... Huntford manages to to bind a wealth of material together with a strong narrative thread.' Simon Redfern, The Independent on Sunday, 'Huntford has also undertaken the monumental task of tracing and explaining the development of the sport of skiing outside Scandinavia, particularly in Alpine Europe. As such, he has provided us with a much richer and more complex picture than was previously available from Arnold Lunn's highly partial The Story of Skiing.', "In his early books, Huntford chronicled the race to the South Pole ("The Last Place on Earth") and wrote biographies of Ernest Shackleton and Fridtjof Nansen. "Two Planks" seems a natural progression for him ... Huntford deserves praise for bringing together a lot of rich material." New York Times Book Review., 'Our choice - pick of the paperbacks ... Huntford tells the ski story straightforwardly and simply' - Sunday Times, "What elevates Huntford is his comprehensive approach ... accessible and enjoyable, even to the most armchair bound of 'schussers'." Paul Watkins, The Times, "Huntford's book will be a perfect stocking present for piste fantasists like me", Max Hastings, Sunday Times, "The most in-depth study of skiing currently in the English language and it will no doubt remain the defining record for some time." The Guardian, "Could the outcome of the Second World War have been decided by the humble ski? That's the bold but surprisingly convincing claim made by Roland Huntford in Two Planks and a Passion." Roger Cox, The Scotsman, "This is a compelling acount, and definitive history, of an activity that has evolved over time into one of our most thriving leisure industries." Sunday Telegraph
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
796.93209
Table Of Content
Preface,Acknowledgements Note, Maps 1. Skiing Necesse Est 2. Ski Tracks in the Milky Way 3. The Earliest Written Sources 4. The Finnish National Epic: Kalevala 5. The First Printed 6. Norway - the Cradle of Skiing as a Sport7. The Influence of Rousseau 8. The Ski in Foreign Literature 9. Evolution of Skiing as a Sport 10. The Men of Telemark 11. Development of Technique and Equipment 12. The First Nordic Marathon 13. The Conquest of the Mountain World 14. Fridtjof Nansen and the First Crossing of Greenland 15. The Nordic Olympia 16. The Waisted Telemark Ski17. The Rise of Ski Touring and the Misadventures of Roald Amundsen18. As Important as the Plays of Ibsen 19. The Spread of Skiing on the Continent20. Norwegians Bring Skiing to Austria-Hungary and Montenegro 21. Skiing Comes to Switzerland 22. Davos23. The English Skiing at Davos 24. Mathias Zdarsky25. St.Moritz 26. Skiing in France27. Polar Exloration 28. The Inventions that Founded Modern Skiing 29. The New World30. The Study of Snow Structure31. The First Winter Olympics at Chamonix 32. Mass Winter Tourism33. The International Recognition of Downhill Skiing34. Skiing Mechanized and Politicized 35. Military Skiing 36. Skiing Since 1945 Bibliography
Synopsis
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., 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. >, Predating the wheel, the ski has played an important role in our history. This is brilliantly brought to life in this engaging book. >
LC Classification Number
GV854.1
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