| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 283 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: disenchanted mountains -- Civilizing the crags: urban adventurers modernize the mountains -- Peaks and progress: alpine reveries, bourgeois dreams, and national fantasies -- Young people and old mountains: commercialism and conservationism tangle in the Alps -- The high Alps in the Great War: soldiers and summits on the alpine front -- Forbidden heights: lost mountains and the violence of alpine anti-Semitism -- Mechanical mountains: movies and motors remake the Alps -- Fascist landscapes: nature lovers and Nazi desperadoes on the alpine frontier -- Conclusion: the retreat of nations. |
| Summary |
"Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mountaineering -- Alps, Eastern -- History -- 19th century.
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Mountaineering. |
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Eastern Alps. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Mountaineering -- Alps, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Alps, Eastern -- History -- 19th century.
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Eastern Alps Region. |
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Alps, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
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Germany -- History -- 1789-1900.
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Germany. |
| Chronological Term |
1789-1900 |
| Subject |
Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Austria -- History -- 1789-1900.
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Austria. |
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Austria -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1789-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Keller, Tait. Apostles of the Alps 9781469625034 (DLC) 2015027999 (OCoLC)934618689 |
| ISBN |
9781469625058 (electronic book) |
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1469625059 (electronic book) |
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9781469625041 (ebook) |
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1469625040 (ebook) |
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9781469625034 |
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1469625032 |
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