The mountain : a political history from the Enlightenment to the present /

InThe Mountain, geographers Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz trace the origins of the very concept of a mountain, showing how it is not a mere geographic feature but ultimately an idea, one that has evolved over time, influenced by changes in political climates and cultural attitudes. To truly un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Debarbieux, Bernard (Autor), Rudaz, Gilles (Autor)
Otros Autores: Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- (Traductor), Price, Martin F. (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Mountain life > History.
Mountains > Political aspects > History.
Mountain people > History.
Human geography.
Mountain ecology.
Vie en montagne > Histoire.
Montagnes > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Montagnards > Histoire.
Écologie des montagnes.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Human geography
Mountain ecology
Mountain life
Mountain people
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The mountain as object of knowledge
  • The mountain and the territoriality of the modern state
  • The mountaineer : the other in the heart of the nation, or its emblematic figure?
  • Politics of nature
  • The mountain as living environment
  • The mountain and colonial and postcolonial territoriality
  • Exporting and acclimatizing regional planning models to the tropics
  • The globalization of mountain issues
  • Mountain men and women of globalization
  • The EU mountain : nowhere to be found?
  • The unifying mountain.

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