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Author Coleman, Annie Gilbert.

Title Ski style : sport and culture in the Rockies / Annie Gilbert Coleman.

Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  796.9309788 C677s 2004    ---  Available
Description xii, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series Culture America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-280) and index.
Contents Snowshoe itinerants and flying Norsemen : early skiing in Colorado -- The romance of downhill : Alpine skiing and resort culture in the United States -- A shack and a rope tow : Colorado skiing through World War II -- Call of the mild : the new ski industry and its landscapes -- The white West: ski town image, tourism, and community -- Shredding Aspen : resort culture and its critics -- Skiing at the beach.
Subject Skis and skiing -- Social aspects -- Colorado.
Skis and skiing -- Economic aspects -- Colorado.
Skis and skiing -- Colorado -- History.
ISBN 0700613412 (alk. paper)

 
    
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