MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02405cam a22003858i 4500
001 2015027999
003 DLC
005 20150724090810.0
008 150720s2015 ncu b s001 0 eng c
010 $a 2015027999
020 $a9781469625034 (pbk : alk. paper)
020 $z9781469625041 (ebook)
040 $aNcU/DLC$beng$erda$cNcU
042 $apcc
050 00 $aDQ828$b.K45 2015
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.
263 $a1511
264 1 $aChapel Hill :$bThe University of North Carolina Press,$c[2015]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references 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.