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020 $a9781469625034 (pbk : alk. paper)
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020 $z9781469625041 (ebook)
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050 00 $aDQ828$b.K45 2016
082 00 $a943.64044$223
100 1 $aKeller, Tait,$eauthor.
245 10 $aApostles of the Alps :$bmountaineering and nation building in Germany and Austria, 1860-1939 /$cTait Keller.
264 1 $aChapel Hill :$bThe University of North Carolina Press,$c[2016]
300 $axvii, 283 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-276) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
520 $a"Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism" --$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMountaineering$zAlps, Eastern$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMountaineering$zAlps, Eastern$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aAlps, Eastern$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aAlps, Eastern$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y1789-1900.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aAustria$xHistory$y1789-1900.
651 0 $aAustria$xHistory$y20th century.
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651 7 $aAlps, Eastern.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01692609
651 7 $aAustria.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204901
651 7 $aGermany.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210272
648 7 $a1789-1999$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
852 0 $bglx$hDQ828$i.K45 2016