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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Mediating Mountains

Peak Pursuits: The Emergence of Mountaineering in the Nineteenth Century. By Caroline Schaumann (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020), 365pp.

Submitted
April 9, 2021
Published
2021-06-30

Abstract

This is a review of Caroline Schaumann's monograph Peak Pursuits (2020).

References

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  4. Schaumann, Caroline. Peak Pursuits: The Emergence of Mountaineering in the Nineteenth Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020.
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