Air transport / / edited by Peter J. Lyth |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 387.7/0941/0904 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LythPeter J |
Collana | Studies in Transport History |
Soggetto topico |
Aeronautics, Commercial - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Aeronautics, Commercial - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-351-95992-1
1-138-27245-0 1-315-26306-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Aviation and the state : the Grahame-White Aviation Company, 1912-23 (3rd series, Volume IX, no. 2 (1988), pp. 209-13) / A.D. George -- 2. The Daimler airway : April 1922-March 1924 (1st series, Volume III, no. 4 (1958), pp. 195-200) / E. Birkhead -- 3. The financial failure of British air transport companies, 1919-24 (1st series, Volume IV, no. 3 (1960), pp. 133-45) / E. Birkhead -- 4. Imperial Airways, 1924-40 (1st series, Volume I, no. 4 (1954), pp. 197-215) / A.J. Quin-Harkin -- 5. British Airways Ltd, 1935-40 (1st series, Volume IV, no. 2 (1959), pp. 113-23) / Robin Higham -- 6. The new road to the Isles : Highland Airways and Scottish Airways, 1933-39 (3rd series, Volume 1 VII, no. 2 (1986), pp. 48-60) / A.J. Robertson -- 7. The Bermuda Conference and Anglo-American aviation relations at the end of the Second World War (3rd series, Volume XII, no. 1 (1991), pp. 61-73) / David Mackenzie -- 8. 'A multiplicity of instruments' : the 1946 decision to create a separate British European airline and its effect on civil aircraft production (3rd series, Volume XI, no. 2 (1990), pp. 1-18) / Peter J. Lyth -- 9. Nationalisation and the independent airlines in the United Kingdom, 1945-51 (2nd series, Volume III, no. 4 (1976), pp. 265-81) / B.K. Humphreys -- 10. Trooping and the development of the British independent airlines (2nd series, Volume V, no. 1 (1979), pp. 46-59) / B.K. Humphreys -- 11. Helicopter airlines in the United States, 1945-75 (2nd series, Volume IV, no. 1 (1977), pp. 1-16) / A.G. Peters and D.F. Wood -- 12. A short history of London's airports (1st series, Volume III, no. 1 (1957), pp. 12-22) / P.W. Brooks. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154999603321 |
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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / / Jenifer Van Vleck |
Autore | Van Vleck Jenifer <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Soggetto topico |
Aeronautics, Commercial - United States - History - 20th century
Aeronautics, Commercial - Political aspects - United States Aeronautics, Commercial - Social aspects - United States Aeronautics and state - United States - History - 20th century Globalization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-674-72732-0
0-674-72624-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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". |
Altri titoli varianti | Aviation and the American ascendancy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453340503321 |
Van Vleck Jenifer <1974->
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 | ||
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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / / Jenifer Van Vleck |
Autore | Van Vleck Jenifer <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Soggetto topico |
Aeronautics, Commercial - United States - History - 20th century
Aeronautics, Commercial - Political aspects - United States Aeronautics, Commercial - Social aspects - United States Aeronautics and state - United States - History - 20th century Globalization |
ISBN |
0-674-72732-0
0-674-72624-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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". |
Altri titoli varianti | Aviation and the American ascendancy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790603103321 |
Van Vleck Jenifer <1974->
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / / Jenifer Van Vleck |
Autore | Van Vleck Jenifer <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Soggetto topico |
Aeronautics, Commercial - United States - History - 20th century
Aeronautics, Commercial - Political aspects - United States Aeronautics, Commercial - Social aspects - United States Aeronautics and state - United States - History - 20th century Globalization |
ISBN |
0-674-72732-0
0-674-72624-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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". |
Altri titoli varianti | Aviation and the American ascendancy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821186003321 |
Van Vleck Jenifer <1974->
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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