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Allen, E. John B., 1933-
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Skis and skiing -- History.
Skis and skiing -- Social aspects.
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The culture and spor...
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The culture and sport of skiing : from antiquity to World War II / E. John B. Allen.
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Allen, E. John B., 1933-
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2007.
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Skis and skiing -- History.
Skis and skiing -- Social aspects.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004223.html
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9781558496002 (cloth : alk. paper)
1558496009 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781558496019 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1558496017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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xiv, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
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.
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