From Skisport to Skiing
by Allen, E. John B.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-09-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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Summary
Allen "has captured the fun, trivia, and bravado of skiing while offering a thoroughly researched national overview and analysis of its first century in the United States". -- Journal of American History
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xi |
| The Skisport, 1840-1920 | p. 1 |
| The Skisport: an Introduction | p. 3 |
| California Gold Rush Snow-Shoeing | p. 13 |
| Utilitarian Skiing and Ludic Enthusiasms | p. 29 |
| Foundation of the Skisport | p. 47 |
| Controlling the Skisport | p. 63 |
| The New Enthusiasts | p. 75 |
| The Mechanization of Skiing, 1920-1940 | p. 87 |
| Post-World War I: Prelude to Skiing | p. 89 |
| The Mechanization of Skiing | p. 104 |
| The Sport of Skiing | p. 117 |
| Western Idylls | p. 135 |
| The Economics of Pleasure | p. 145 |
| Epilogue: to the Future | p. 171 |
| Notes | p. 175 |
| Selected: Bibliography | p. 219 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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