Biographical note: Jenifer Van Vleck is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. Main description: Jenifer Van Vleck's Empire of the Air reveals the central role commercial aviation played in the U.S. ascent to global preeminence in the twentieth century, as the feder…
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This book presents the central role that commercial aviation played in the United States' rise to global preeminence in the twentieth century. Commercial giants such as Pan American World Airways accelerated the global circulation of U.S. capital, consumer goods, technologies, w…
Jenifer Van Vleck's Empire of the Air reveals the central role commercial aviation played in the U.S. ascent to global preeminence in the twentieth century, as the federal government partnered with the aviation industry to deliver American power across the globe and sell the ide…
Aeromobilities
by Urry, John, Kesselring, Sven, Cwerner, Saulo
fromInternational library of sociology
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Type: Book
'Aeromobilities' provides a broad introduction to the study of air travel, airspaces and aviation from the perspective of the social sciences and the humanities. It makes a strong case for a systematic, interdisciplinary study of some of the most powerful forces that have shaped…
'Aeromobilities' provides a broad introduction to the study of air travel, airspaces and aviation from the perspective of the social sciences and the humanities. It makes a strong case for a systematic, interdisciplinary study of some of the most powerful forces that have shaped…
Aeromobilities provides a broad introduction to the study of air travel, airspaces and aviation from the perspective of the social sciences and the humanities. The book makes a strong case for a systematic, interdisciplinary study of some of the most powerful forces that have sh…
Aeromobilities' provides a broad introduction to the study of air travel, airspaces and aviation from the perspective of the social sciences and the humanities. It makes a strong case for a systematic, interdisciplinary study of some of the most powerful forces that have shaped …
Aeromobilities
by Urry, John, Kesselring, Sven, Cwerner, Saulo
fromInternational library of sociology
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Type: Book
Piston-engine prelude -- The first jet age -- The second jet age -- Airline deregulation -- Transformation in Europe -- Rise of Asia and the Pacific Rim -- The Commonwealth adjusts -- Africa -- Transitions -- Appendix 1. Selected aircraft specifications -- Appendix 2. Notable ev…
This book provides the first comprehensive history of the world's airline industries from the early 1960s to the present day. It begins with the advent of jet airliners, covers the 'second' jet age of wide-bodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and DC-10, and closes with the int…
"This book provides the first comprehensive history of the world's airline industries from the early 1960s to the present day. It begins with the advent of jet airliners, covers the "second" Jet Age of wide-bodied aircraft such as Boeing 747 and DC-10, and closes with the introd…
