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UNINA9910460559603321 |
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Meyer Alan <1965-> |
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Weekend pilots : technology, masculinity, and private aviation in postwar America / / Alan Meyer |
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Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (325 p.) |
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Private flying - History - 20th century - United States |
Air pilots - United States - Psychology |
Air pilots - Sex differences - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 - Influence |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"After August 1945, millions of U.S. servicemen formed a tidal wave of people returning to civilian life--locating or returning to work, heading to school under the GI Bill, marrying and starting families. With much profit, historians in various fields have examined this effort to recover normalcy. Meyer points out that a great many of the vets, not all of them trained military airmen, also took up the hobby of flying, and he here explores what became a postwar phenomenon, the spectacular growth of American private aviation (i.e., neither military nor commercial) and the rise of the "weekend pilot." He takes readers inside a culture that turns out to be something of a throwback: It required exceptionally high skill levels; involved considerable risk; encouraged, demanded, fierce personal independence; indulged a post-military fatalism, even among the younger sort who later joined the movement; and above all granted one membership in a self-consciously white, male circle of the initiated. How does one explain the development of this peculiar culture? Meyer searches for answers in public records, trade association prints, newspaper accounts, and private papers and |
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interviews. He has put together an impressive first book. Norman Mailer once argued that most right-leaning politics since the 1970's draws upon the anxieties and grievances of displaced white American males. He may have spoken best for himself, but this book will give credence to the observation"--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910159439403321 |
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Autore |
Faas Travis, author |
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An introduction to HTML5 game development with Phaser.js / / Travis Faas |
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9781315318684 |
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9781315363868 |
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9781315319216 |
1315319217 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Video games - Design |
Video games - Programming |
Games development and programming |
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chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. State of HTML5 games -- chapter 3. A simple game -- chapter 4. Workspace setup -- chapter 5. Phaser project setup -- chapter 6. Phaser principles -- chapter 7. Game examples -- chapter 8. Game deployment -- chapter 9. Conclusion. |
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Experience the thrill of crafting your own HTML5 game with Phaser.js game engine. HTML5 and modern JavaScript game engines have helped revolutionized web based games. Each chapter in An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js showcases a sample game that illustrates an aspect of Phaser.js (now Lazer.js) that can be used as |
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is, or in remixed games of the developer's design. Each of these examples help the reader to understand how to optimize JavaScript game development with modern project tooling like Grunt and Bower. Though the world of HTML game development continues to grow and evolve, An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js, provides a grounded resource and vital learning tool to anyone looking to optimize web game development process. |
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