LEADER 02964nam 2200685 450 001 9910460302403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-3247-9 010 $a0-8131-4938-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000333810 035 $a(EBL)1914922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001401352 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12568297 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401352 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11351260 035 $a(PQKB)10391848 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001401336 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11755503 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401336 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11364414 035 $a(PQKB)10918453 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1914922 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn900344108 035 $a(OCoLC)606810129 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43700 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1914922 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011599 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690660 035 $a(OCoLC)903974758 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000333810 100 $a20011116h20022002 ub| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAirlines and air mail $ethe post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry /$fF. Robert van der Linden 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d[2002] 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (366 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59378-7 311 $a0-8131-2219-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFoundations -- The birth of an industry -- The aviation industry comes of age -- Consolidation -- 1929 : calm before the storm -- The post office takes charge -- The Watres Act -- Realignment -- Drawing a new map -- Reaction -- Cord and Congress -- The Democrats take control -- Congress assumes command. 330 $aConventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began. In Airlines and Air Mail, F. Robert van der Linden persuasively argues that Progressive republican policies of Herbert Hoover actually fostered the growth of American commercial aviation. Air mail contracts provided a critical indirect subsidy and a solid financial foundation for this nascent industry. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown used these contracts as a carrot a 606 $aAeronautics, Commercial$zUnited States 606 $aAir mail service$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAeronautics, Commercial 615 0$aAir mail service 676 $a383/.144 700 $aVan der Linden$b F. Robert$01052592 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460302403321 996 $aAirlines and air mail$92483991 997 $aUNINA