LEADER 01094nlm0 22003491i 450 001 990009789440403321 005 20131113120143.0 010 $a9780470611616 035 $a000978944 035 $aFED01000978944 035 $a(Aleph)000978944FED01 035 $a000978944 100 $a20131113d2009----km-y0itay0103----ba 101 0 $aeng 135 $adrnn-008mamaa 200 1 $aMicromechanics of granular materials$bRisorsa elettronica$fedited by Bernard Cambou, Michel Jean, Farhang Radjaï 210 $aLondon$cISTE$aHoboken, N. J.$cWiley$d2009 230 $aDocumento elettronico 336 $aTesto 337 $aFormato pdf 610 0 $aChimica fisica 676 $a620.43 702 1$aCambou,$bBernard 702 1$aJean,$bMichel 702 1$aRadjaï,$bFarhang 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gREICAT$2UNIMARC 856 4 $zFull text per gli utenti Federico II$uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470611616 901 $aEB 912 $a990009789440403321 961 $aPhysical Chemistry 996 $aMicromechanics of granular materials$9833367 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03341nam 2200601 450 001 9910460559603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4214-1859-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000541575 035 $a(EBL)4398488 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001608798 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16319524 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001608798 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13361451 035 $a(PQKB)11415995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4398488 035 $a(OCoLC)933525212 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46762 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4398488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11161204 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000541575 100 $a20160319h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWeekend pilots $etechnology, masculinity, and private aviation in postwar America /$fAlan Meyer 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (325 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4214-1858-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"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 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. 606 $aPrivate flying$xHistory$y20th century$zUnited States 606 $aAir pilots$zUnited States$xPsychology 606 $aAir pilots$xSex differences$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xInfluence 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrivate flying$xHistory 615 0$aAir pilots$xPsychology. 615 0$aAir pilots$xSex differences 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xInfluence. 676 $a797 700 $aMeyer$b Alan$f1965-$0958136 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460559603321 996 $aWeekend pilots$92170633 997 $aUNINA