{"product_id":"behind-the-ranges","title":"Behind the Ranges","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bold first ascents. Sweeping mountaintop vistas. New mountain names. \u003cem\u003eBehind the Ranges\u003c\/em\u003e upends these time-worn mountaineering narratives of white male conquest to tell a different, postcolonial story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom 1827, when botanical collector David Douglas claimed to have climbed the highest mountain in North America, to 1925, when a Japanese team ascended Mount Alberta, imperial fantasy ran rampant in the Canadian West. This period of exploration, map-making, park-making, and amateur sport saw the development of a mountaineering literature and club culture. It has been called \"a golden age.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut the story behind the heroics lies with the men and women whose knowledge and work made mountaineering possible: the park labourers, the packers, the guides. This history brings those who have gone unrecognized into the picture and illuminates Indigenous agency. \u003cem\u003eBehind the Ranges\u003c\/em\u003e explains why some mountain stories get told, and others overlooked. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499210023285,"sku":"9780774874137","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/behind-the-ranges","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}