Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / Jenifer Van Vleck.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780674726246 (e-book)
- Aviation and the American ascendancy
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. -- History
- Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Aeronautics, Commercial -- Political aspects -- United States
- Aeronautics, Commercial -- Social aspects -- United States
- Aeronautics and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Globalization
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- 401
- HE9803.A3 V26 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall".
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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