Autore |
Erisman Fred <1937->
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
West Lafayette, Indiana : , : Purdue University Press, , [2021]
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (1 online resource.)
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Disciplina |
629.130922
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Collana |
Purdue studies in aeronautics and astronautics
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Soggetto topico |
Women air pilots
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Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic books.
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ISBN |
1-55753-979-0
1-55753-978-2
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- IN THEIR OWN Words -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Aviation Age Takes Shape -- I. Harriet Quimby: Birdwomen Gain a Voice, 1910-1912 -- II. "Machinery Knows No Sex": Ruth Law, the Stinson Sisters, and the Legacy of World War I -- III. The Earhart Phenomenon and "The Accident of Sex" -- IV. Louise Thaden: Rethinking Flying and Flight -- V. Ruth Nichols, the Air-Minded Society, and the Aerial Frontier -- VI. Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the Twilight of the Aviation Age -- Epilogue: Requiem for the Aviation Age -- Notes
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910633985003321 |