Prize for 'Invisible on Everest'
Published 12 September 2005
Professor Mary Rose and Mike Parsons of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development have won first prize for their book 'Invisible on Everest' in this year's Design History Society Scholarship Prize.
The judging panel commented that:
"This is an extraordinary book, impressive and wide-ranging. It is packed with fascinating source material for gender studies, business history, histories of technology and dress history.
"This book really impressed us with the depth of research and its historical perspective. It was also vividly and engagingly written - a real page turner! We found the concept of the development of 'communities of knowledge' very persuasive and felt that it was echoed in the methodology of the book which brought together the expertise of the historian, the entrepreneur and the explorer in a spirit of active debate. It also revealed the value of design historical investigation to business history.'
