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Empire of the air, aviation and the American ascendancy, Jenifer Van Vleck

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-355) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Empire of the air

bibliography

824670883

Jenifer Van Vleck

aviation and the American ascendancy

This book presents the central role that commercial aviation played in the United States' rise to global preeminence in the twentieth century. Commercial giants such as Pan American World Airways accelerated the global circulation of U.S. capital, consumer goods, technologies, weapons, popular culture, and expertise

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."

Aviation and the American ascendancy