Clipping the Clouds : How Air Travel Changed the World
Marc. Dierikx
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (216 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Heroics: Flying as an Icon of the Modern Age, 1919-1945; 2 Technology: Air Transport around the World, 1945-1961; 3 Usage: The Rise and Fall of the Jet Set, 1961-1977; 4 Effects: Global Travel for All, 1977-present; Appendix: Air Transport Statistics; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - Mixing in elements of pop culture, Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for a specific period, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role in international politics and economic relations. He follows with an examination of how improvements in technology influenced existing concepts of distance, created new travel patterns, and what effect the growth in numbers of passenger and cargo had on air transportation. Finally, Dierikx looks at how airlines have become
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| ISBN | 0275989100. - 9780275989101
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