Clipping the clouds : how air travel changed the world / Marc Dierikx.

Author/creator Dierikx, M. L. J.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Descriptionxi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMoving through history, 1932-4766
Moving through history. ^A783666
Contents Heroics : flying as an icon of the modern age, 1919-1945 -- Technology : air transport around the world, 1945-1961 -- Usage : the rise and fall of the jet set, 1961-1977 -- Effects : global travel for all, 1977-present.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index.
LCCN 2008008894
ISBN9780275989101 (alk. paper)
ISBN0275989100 (alk. paper)