Peak pursuits: the emergence of mountaineering in the nineteenth century
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Main Author: Schaumann, Caroline (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2020]
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Abstract:"Rather than documenting the history of Alpinism, recounting the ascents of peaks, or giving a portrayal of the most renowned climbers, this book presents a kind of Humboldtian history of mountaineering in the long nineteenth century (ca. 1789-1914) when both scientific progress and aesthetic reverence became available through the embodied experience of the mountaineer"
Physical Description:xi, 365 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780300231946