Accidents will happen: Risk, climbing and pedestrianism in the 'Golden Age' of English Mountaineering 1850-1865

Arthur Burns

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-48498-7

Accidents will happen: Risk, climbing and pedestrianism in the 'Golden Age' of English Mountaineering 1850-1865

Arthur Burns

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Walking Histories, 1800-1914
Editors	Arthur Burns, Chad Bryant, Paul Readman
Place of Publication	Houndmills, Basingstoke
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	165-194
ISBN (Electronic)	781137484987
ISBN (Print)	9781137484970, 9781349694914
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48498-7
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2016
Event	Modern Walks: Human Locomotion during the Long Nineteenth Century, c.1800-1914” - Chapel Hill, United States Duration: 13 Sept 2013 → 14 Sept 2013

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Conference	Modern Walks: Human Locomotion during the Long Nineteenth Century, c.1800-1914”
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chapel Hill
Period	13/09/2013 → 14/09/2013

Keywords

Mountains
HISTORY
Nineteenth century
mountaineering
climbing
Walking
Leslie Stephen
Edward Whymper
Matterhorn
ACCIDENTS
history of leisure
Alps

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Introduction: Modern Walks

Walking Histories 1800-1914

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