Leisure Cultures and the Making of Modern Ski Resorts

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Strobl, Philipp (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Podkalicka, Aneta (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Global Culture and Sport Series,
• Θέματα: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Civilization-History.; Mass media.; Communication.; Culture.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Cultural History.; Media Sociology.; Sociology of Culture.

This edited volume offers an historical perspective on the creation of a global mass industry around skiing. By focusing on the ski resort as loci par excellence for global exchange, the contributors consider the development of skiing around the world during the crucial post-war years. With its glob...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Skiing Transnational - Cultures, Practices and Ideas On The Move; Aneta Podkalicka and Philipp Strobl
• 2. Going Downhill? The Industrialisation of Skiing From the 1930s to the 1970s; Andrew Denning
• 3. Slippery Slopes: Skiing, Fashion and Intrigue in 1960s Film; Marilyn Cohen and Nancy Deihl
• 4. Mount Uludağ: The Making of Turkey's St. Moritz; Onur Inal
• 5. Skiing Through Time: Articulating a Landscape Heritage of Swedish Cross-country Skiing; Daniel Svensson
• 6. Arlberg: The Creation of a Resort and the Transfer of Knowledge; Christof Thöny
• 7. American Bucks and Austrian Buccaneers: Sun Valley - The Making of America's First Winter Resort; Günter Bischof
• 8. "We Want to Be More Like The West": Skiing for All in the 1950s-1970s Poland; Stanisław Jędrzejewski
• 9. From Niche Sport to Mass Tourism - Transnational Lives in Australia's Thredbo Resort; Philipp Strobl.