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Airports, Cities, and the Jet Age: US Airports Since 1945
Janet R. Bednarek
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Description for Airports, Cities, and the Jet Age: US Airports Since 1945
Hardback. Editor(s): Fleming, James; Launius, Roger D. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 291 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTK; KNGV1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
This book explores the relationship between cities and their commercial airports. These vital transportation facilities are locally owned and managed and civic leaders and boosters have made them central to often expansive economic development dreams, including the construction of architecturally significant buildings. However, other metropolitan residents have paid a high price for the expansion of air transportation, as battles over jet aircraft noise resulted not only in quieter jet engine technologies, but profound changes in the metropolitan landscape with the clearance of both urban and suburban neighborhoods. And in the wake of 9/11, the US commercial airport ... Read more
This book explores the relationship between cities and their commercial airports. These vital transportation facilities are locally owned and managed and civic leaders and boosters have made them central to often expansive economic development dreams, including the construction of architecturally significant buildings. However, other metropolitan residents have paid a high price for the expansion of air transportation, as battles over jet aircraft noise resulted not only in quieter jet engine technologies, but profound changes in the metropolitan landscape with the clearance of both urban and suburban neighborhoods. And in the wake of 9/11, the US commercial airport ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
291
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319311944
SKU
V9783319311944
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About Janet R. Bednarek
Janet R. Bednarek is a professor of history at the University of Dayton, USA where she teaches classes in both urban and aviation history. She is the author of several books including America's Airports: Airfield Development Since 1918 as well as articles on American urban and transportation history.
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