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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
ISBN-100472098330
ISBN-139780472098330
eBay Product ID (ePID)2467154
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
Publication NameAirplane in American Culture
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
SubjectAviation / General, Popular Culture, Aeronautics & Astronautics, United States / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorDominick A. Pisano
Subject AreaTransportation, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight27.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-014103
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal629.13/00973
SynopsisFew journeys have had as great an impact on American culture as Orville Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903--a twelve-second, one-hundred-twenty-foot trip that has captivated American thought and influenced American life ever since. Although countless books for aviation buffs have appeared since World War II, none has attempted to place the airplane in its full social, cultural, and interdisciplinary context until now. The first book of its kind, The Airplane in American Culture presents essays by distinguished contributors including historians, literary scholars, scholars of American studies, art historians, and museum professionals that explore a range of topics, including the connections between flying and race and gender; aviation's role in forming perceptions of the landscape; the airplane's significance to the culture of war; and the influence of flight on literature and art. A must-read collection for anyone fascinated by the airplane, The Airplane in American Culture represents a dramatic new approach to writing the history of aviation, and makes an important contribution to American social and cultural history. Dominick A. Pisano is Curator of the Aeronautics Department at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
LC Classification NumberTL521.A779 2003
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