Details

Subject(s)

Air travel—History [Browse]

Series

• Moving through history. [More in this series]
• Moving through history, 1932-4766

Summary note

"Airplanes are everywhere, and rapid air transport has become one of the necessities of our time. Yet one of the peculiarities of powered flight is that it has stayed in the public focus for over a century. Clipping the Clouds looks at the history of aviation in a challenging new way, covering not just the technology, but the way aviation has interacted with society since its very beginnings."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.

Contents

Heroics : flying as an icon of the modern age, 1919-1945 -- Technology : air transport around the world, 1945-1961 -- Usage : the rise and fall of the jet set, 1961-1977 -- Effects : global travel for all, 1977-present.

ISBN

• 9780275989101 ((hbk. : alk. paper))
• 0275989100 ((hbk. : alk. paper))

LCCN

2008008894

OCLC

212432540

RCP

N - O