Ben Anderson - Cities, mountains and being modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany

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In 2004, as an undergraduate I made an off-the-cuff remark to a lecturer that rural space might have been just as much about conducting oneself as the city. It has taken almost two decades, but I hope that this book justifies that comment.

I have spent over a decade working on this projectin that time, my work and life has been guided, influenced, improved, critiqued and discussed by an astonishing array of friends and colleagues from across Europe. When I began, this book was my objective and goal; along the way, I realised that those connections were the real gain, and that this book is a reflection and celebration of them. Doubtless I will have missed someone in the following list, but in roughly chronological order, many thanks to:

Catherine Feely, Jim Greenhalgh, Ben Wilcock, Tom White, Sheona Davies, Kat Fenelly, Charlie Wildman, Eloise Moss, Ian Boutle, Matt Adams, Beck Conway, Patrick Doyle, Tom Sharp, Dafydd Launder, Alex Mitchell and anyone who likes picnicking on Wednesdays. Andy Lole, Helen Boothman, Alex Cannon, Sarah Rouse, Simon Bates, Jo Solomon, Jamie Hill, Sam and Chris Watson, Dave Barrans, Andrew and Claudia Parker, Chris Todd, Dave Morse, Sophie Fosker, Merc Incles, Mark Stowe, Jane Graham, Ali Iredale, Lizzie and Sam Moxon, Jago and Sarah Warburton, Tim Marjot, Graham Johnson, Deano Maywhort and anyone else who has been dragged/dragged me climbing, running, swimming, riding or skiing when there wasnt enough time. Luke and Jilli Taylor and Simon and Sonya Hudson for being old friends abroad, and the many residents of the brilliant Pater-Rupert-Mayer-Heim for being new ones. Stephan Ritter, Martin Achrainer, Monica Grtner, Doris Hallama, Ingeborg Schmitt-Mummert, Mike Dent, Florian Rosenberg and other colleagues at archives in Munich, Innsbruck, the tztal, Leutasch and Vienna. The enormously helpful co-workers at other archivesGreater Manchester County Record Office, Frankfurt City Archive, Munich City Archive, Bavarian State Archives, theMusterschule, Bavarian State Library, Mountain Heritage Trust and others. Paul Readman, Clare Roche, Jonathan Westaway, Marco Armiero, Paul Gilchrist, Mark Freeman, Marianne Dudley, Leona Skelton, Thomas Ebert, Rosamund Ridley, Douglas Hope, Robert Gray, Iain Robertson, Matt Kelly, Franziska Torma, Charlotte Lauder and many others for advice and comments. Tine Blum, and friends in Tbingen and Innsbruck for helping me through my PhD. Iain Robertson and Vicki Leanne Randall for helping me after it. My Keele colleagues and friends, but especially Rachel Bright, Alannah Tomkins, Anthony Kauders and Shalini Sharma for reading chapters.

Special thanks to my PhD supervisors Leif Jerram and Max Jones, whose advice and support far transcended supervision, as well as my examiners Simon Gunn and Maiken Umbach, who have offered such support since, and to the reviewer for their kind, but helpful comments.

Finally of course, my parents, who have put up with a lot, and most of all Gemma Ford and Olive Ford Anderson, without whom I might never have actually finished the thing.

This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award no. 7133670.