Title Apostles of the Alps : mountaineering and nation building in Germany and Austria, 1860-1939 / Tait Keller

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 283 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Introduction: 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 Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-276) and index Notes Print version record Subject Mountaineering -- Alps, Eastern -- History -- 19th century Mountaineering -- Alps, Eastern -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany. HISTORY -- Europe -- Austria & Hungary. Mountaineering SUBJECT Alps, Eastern -- History -- 19th century Alps, Eastern -- History -- 20th century Germany -- History -- 1789-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054569 Germany -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054584 Austria -- History -- 1789-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009705 Austria -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009713 Subject Eastern Alps Austria Germany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469625058 1469625059 9781469625041 1469625040

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