LEADER 04064nam 2200445 a 450 001 996248296303316 005 20211112215344.0 010 $z9780511133121 (E-Book) 035 $a(dli)HEB90033 035 $a(CKB)3780000000081610 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000081610 100 $a20060127h20072006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 200 10$aDictatorship of the air$b[electronic resource] $eaviation culture and the fate of modern Russia /$fScott W. Palmer 210 $aCambridge ; New York$cCambridge University Press$d2007, c2006 225 0 $aCambridge centennial of flight 225 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book 300 $aDescription based on t.p. screen of 2007-11-05. 300 $a"This electronic book contains the following additional features not available in the print version: 19 additional images (5 in color), transcriptions of film scripts and poems, 17 samples of scanned script pages, 6 film clips."--Copyright and Permissions. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index. 327 $tIntroduction --$tPart I: Imperial Aviation, 1909?1917 --$t1. The Dawn of Russian Aviation --$tTsars of the air in the land of the Tsars --$tRussia's passion for wings --$tPublic air-mindedness and national identity in Late Imperial Russia --$tCompensatory rhetoric and aeronautical transcendence --$t2. "The Air Fleet is the Strength of Russia" --$tJourney from St. Petersburg to Moscow --$tAviation between state and society --$tThe Russian warrior --$tThe marasmus of Imperial aviation --$tFlights of fancy --$tPart II: The Origins and Institutions of the Soviet Air Fleet, 1917?1929 --$t3. Mandating Red Aviation --$tContinuity amid change in the history of Russia --$t"From a dictatorship of the earth to a dictatorship of the air" --$tFriends of the air fleet --$t"Aviation: instrument of the future" --$t4. The Images and Institutions of Soviet Air-Mindedness --$t"Sovietizing" the Heavens --$tA Soviet ultimatum --$tThe rhetoric and reality of compulsory volunteerism --$tMilitarization, centralization, and the colossalist impulse --$t5. Aeronautical Iconography and Political Legitimacy --$tThe "turn to the village" --$t"Our religion is the airplane" --$tAeronautical icons --$tAir-minded rituals --$t6. Aviation in Service to the State --$tCompensatory symbolism and the politics of legitimation --$tThe year of big flights --$tAn aerial embassy to Europe --$tLand of the Soviets --$tPart III: Soviet Aviation in the Age of Stalin, 1929?1945 --$t7. Soviet Aviation and Stalinist Culture --$tThe great break --$tTechnology transfer, tempos, and terror --$tThe airplane-colossus --$tStalin's route --$t8. "Higher, Faster, Farther!" --$tVictory --$tStalin's proud falcons --$tStalinist aviation on the international stage --$tCrises and catastrophe on the eve of World War --$t9. Red Phoenix --$tOperation Barbarossa --$tRussia's war --$tRed Phoenix --$tA new locus of legitimacy --$tThe lasting legacy of dependence --$t10. Red Wings on the Silver Screen: Aviation and Cinema in Soviet Russia, 1923?1939 --$t[Intro] --$tAeronautical agitki of the 1920's --$tFeature Films of the 1930's, Part I: Collectivist Visions and Civilian Aviation --$tFeature Films of the 1930's, Part II: The Fascist Threat and Military Aviation --$tConclusion 410 0$aACLS Fellows' publications. 517 $aDictatorship of the Air 606 $aAeronautics$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory 606 $aAeronautics$zSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aTechnology transfer$zSoviet Union 606 $aTechnology and state$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government 615 0$aAeronautics$xHistory. 615 0$aAeronautics$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnology transfer 615 0$aTechnology and state 700 $aPalmer$b Scott W.$f1967-$01006608 712 02$aAmerican Council of Learned Societies. 801 0$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248296303316 996 $aDictatorship of the air$92316823 997 $aUNISA