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9781585443000

Imagining Flight

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  • ISBN13:

    9781585443000

  • ISBN10:

    158544300X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-12-01
  • Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Summary

"Imagining Flight considers these themes in light of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the "Columbia disaster. It is thus the first book to explore the entire first century of flight through the eyes of those who watched if from the ground.

Author Biography

A. Bowdoin van Riper is a historian of science and technology who teaches at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments xi
Note on Terminology xii
Introduction 3(8)
Imagining the Air Age
11(22)
Pilots as National Heroes
33(28)
Death from Above
61(22)
The Allure of Air Travel
83(26)
Crashes and Other Catastrophes
109(22)
Wings into Space
131(22)
Conclusion 153(6)
Notes 159(30)
Bibliographic Essay 189(6)
Index 195

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