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Dominick Pisano - The Airplane in American Culture - 9780472098330 - V9780472098330
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The Airplane in American Culture

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Description for The Airplane in American Culture Hardcover. A fascinating account of America's relationship with the airplane Editor(s): Pisano, Dominick A. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCA; WGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 776.

Few 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472098330
SKU
V9780472098330
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Dominick Pisano
Dominick A. Pisano is Curator of the Aeronautics Department at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Reviews for The Airplane in American Culture
"Professional historians and to hers will find this volume valuable. Especially useful to nonspecialists are the editor's contributions of an essay on the historiography of aviation history and the concise bibliographic essay that concludes the book. A publication for serious students of aviation and its history."
- Choice ". . . a long-overdue study in the field of aviation ... Read more

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