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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy
Jenifer Van Vleck.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
- 370 pages, 22 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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- Also known as
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- Aviation and the American ascendancy
- Subjects
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- Pan American World Airways, inc. — History.
- 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.
- United States — Foreign relations — 20th century.
- Contents
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- 1. Americanization of the Airplane
- 2. Good Neighbors Are Close Neighbors
- 3. Global Visions, National Interests
- 4. "America's Lifeline to Africa"
- 5. From Open Door to Open Sky
- 6. Mass Air Travel and the Routes of the Cold War
- 7. Jet Age and the Limits of American Power.
- Other information
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
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- 9780674050945 (hbk.)
- 0674050940 (hbk.)
- Identifying numbers
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- LCCN: 2012051096
- OCLC: 824670883
- OCLC: 824670883
