The summits of modern man : mountaineering after the enlightenment
Peter H. Hansen
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.
年:
2013
出版商:
Harvard University Press
語言:
english
頁數:
393
ISBN 10:
0674074521
ISBN 13:
9780674047990
文件:
PDF, 39.52 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013