LEADER 04156nam 2200769 450 001 9910821186003321 005 20230126203628.0 010 $a0-674-72732-0 010 $a0-674-72624-3 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674726246 035 $a(CKB)2550000001140826 035 $a(EBL)3301344 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000941121 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12405980 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941121 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10963847 035 $a(PQKB)11667169 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301344 035 $a(DE-B1597)209609 035 $a(OCoLC)1013941187 035 $a(OCoLC)1037904798 035 $a(OCoLC)1042029756 035 $a(OCoLC)1046609876 035 $a(OCoLC)1047013494 035 $a(OCoLC)1049659083 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880873 035 $a(OCoLC)900720248 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674726246 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301344 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10782449 035 $a(OCoLC)861199805 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001140826 100 $a20121221d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpire of the air $eaviation and the American ascendancy /$fJenifer Van Vleck 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-05094-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall". 330 $aJenifer Van Vleck's fascinating history reveals the central role commercial aviation played in the United States' ascent to global preeminence in the twentieth century. As U.S. military and economic influence grew, the federal government partnered with the aviation industry to deliver American power across the globe and to sell the idea of the "American Century" to the public at home and abroad. The airplane promised to extend the frontiers of the United States "to infinity," as Pan American World Airways president Juan Trippe said. As it accelerated the global circulation of U.S. capital, consumer goods, technologies, weapons, popular culture, and expertise, few places remained distant from Wall Street and Washington. Aviation promised to secure a new type of empire--an empire of the air instead of the land, which emphasized access to markets rather than the conquest of territory and made the entire world America's sphere of influence. By the late 1960's, however, foreign airlines and governments were challenging America's control of global airways, and the domestic aviation industry hit turbulent times. Just as the history of commercial aviation helps to explain the ascendance of American power, its subsequent challenges reflect the limits and contradictions of the American Century. 517 3 $aAviation and the American ascendancy 606 $aAeronautics, Commercial$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAeronautics, Commercial$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAeronautics, Commercial$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAeronautics and state$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGlobalization 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 615 0$aAeronautics, Commercial$xHistory 615 0$aAeronautics, Commercial$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aAeronautics, Commercial$xSocial aspects 615 0$aAeronautics and state$xHistory 615 0$aGlobalization. 676 $a401 700 $aVan Vleck$b Jenifer$f1974-$01652887 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821186003321 996 $aEmpire of the air$94003818 997 $aUNINA