The culture and sport of skiing from antiquity to World War II /
Allen, E. John B., 1933-
The culture and sport of skiing from antiquity to World War II / E. John B. Allen. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Archeology and myth -- Skis for a purpose -- The Norwegian thrust -- Fridtjof Nansen -- Creating the skisport -- The English play -- The French worry -- The Germans and Austrians organize -- The ladies ski -- The great war -- Uneasy peace -- Les Annees Folles -- The winter Olympic games of Chamonix, St. Moritz, Lake Placid -- Europeans abroad in the East -- Europeans abroad in the Americas -- Skiing under siege -- The Schneider phenomenon -- The Russo-Finnish War.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781613760604
Skis and skiing--History.
Skis and skiing--Social aspects.
Electronic Books.
GV854 / .C858 2007
The culture and sport of skiing from antiquity to World War II / E. John B. Allen. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Archeology and myth -- Skis for a purpose -- The Norwegian thrust -- Fridtjof Nansen -- Creating the skisport -- The English play -- The French worry -- The Germans and Austrians organize -- The ladies ski -- The great war -- Uneasy peace -- Les Annees Folles -- The winter Olympic games of Chamonix, St. Moritz, Lake Placid -- Europeans abroad in the East -- Europeans abroad in the Americas -- Skiing under siege -- The Schneider phenomenon -- The Russo-Finnish War.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781613760604
Skis and skiing--History.
Skis and skiing--Social aspects.
Electronic Books.
GV854 / .C858 2007