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Peak pursuits : the emergence of mountaineering in the nineteenth century /

European forays to mountain summits began in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with the search for plants and minerals and the study of geology and glaciers. Yet scientists were soon captivated by the enterprise of climbing itself, enthralled with the views and the prospect of "...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schaumann, Caroline (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : Encounters with rock and ice between science and sublimity -- 1. The vicissitudes of Humboldt's mountain moments -- 2. The drama of ascent -- 3. The Alps : a brief history -- 4. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure's quest for Mont Blanc -- 5. Icecapades : James David Forbes and Louis Agassiz -- 6. The selling of the Alps and the beginning of the "golden age" : Albert Smith and Alfred Wills -- 7. Poetic science and competitive vigor : John Tyndall and Edward Whymper -- 8. The making of modern climbing : Leslie Stephen -- 9. Transcontinental shifts : Clarence King's representation of the American West -- 10. The solitary mountaineer : John Muir -- Epilogue. 
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