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3452359Apostles of the Alpshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/apostles-of-the-alps-9781469625041/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2697705/5b842e1f-3dd6-44f8-9e90-681b031005e8.jpg?v=638920648862000000368387MXNThe University of North Carolina PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism.</p><p>In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the stresses of urban life. Soon, however, mountaineers, or the so-called apostles of the Alps, began carving the crags to suit their whims, altering the natural landscape with trails and lodges, and seeking to modernize and nationalize the high frontier. Disagreements over the meaning of modernization opened the mountains to competing agendas and hostile ambitions. Keller examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria, placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question of nationhood.</p>...3388853Apostles of the Alps368387https://www.gandhi.com.mx/apostles-of-the-alps-9781469625041/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2697705/5b842e1f-3dd6-44f8-9e90-681b031005e8.jpg?v=638920648862000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781469625041_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_<p>Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. 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Keller examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria, placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question of nationhood.</p>(*_*)9781469625041_<p>Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism.</p><p>In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the stresses of urban life. Soon, however, mountaineers, or the so-called apostles of the Alps, began carving the crags to suit their whims, altering the natural landscape with trails and lodges, and seeking to modernize and nationalize the high frontier. Disagreements over the meaning of modernization opened the mountains to competing agendas and hostile ambitions. Keller examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria, placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question of nationhood.</p>...9781469625041_The University of North Carolina Presslibro_electonico_bc5d3109-1de6-3a6a-b783-614f302f9c2a_9781469625041;9781469625041_9781469625041Tait KellerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-f8b5aa38-4a0c-489e-b5ba-31ed8e6e6b25.epub2015-12-01T00:00:00+00:00The University of North Carolina Press