Summits of Modern Man - Mountaineering After the Enlightenment

Informationen zum Autor Peter H. Hansen is Professor of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Klappentext Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Summits of Modern Man reveals the significance of our encounters with the world¿s most forbidding heights and how difficult it is to imagine nature in terms other than conquest and domination. Zusammenfassung Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Summits of Modern Man reveals the significance of our encounters with the world’s most forbidding heights and how difficult it is to imagine nature in terms other than conquest and domination.

Product details

• Authors: Peter H Hansen, Peter H. Hansen, Hansen Peter H.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2013
• EAN: 9780674047990
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04799-0
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; HISTORY / Modern / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering, Mountaineering, c 1500 onwards to present day, history of sport, Sports & outdoor recreation, Climbing and mountaineering, History and Archaeology