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Taking flight : the foundations of American commercial aviation, 1918-1938 / M. Houston Johnson V.
Lippincott Library HE9803.A3 J65 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, M. Houston, V, author.
- Series:
- Centennial of flight series ; no. 21.
- Centennial of flight ; number twenty-one
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics, Commercial--United States--History--20th century.
- Aeronautics, Commercial.
- Aeronautics and state--United States--History--20th century.
- Aeronautics and state.
- Aeronautics, Commercial--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Aeronautics, Commercial--Government policy.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- 1 The Coming Air Age: Herbert Hoover and the Origins of Federal Aviation Policy, 1921-1925 p. 20
- 2 Regulating the Skies: The Air Commerce Act of 1926 p. 47
- 3 "A Sound Basis" for Air Transport: Walter F. Brown and Commercial Aviation, 1927-1932 p. 73
- 4 "Chicanery, Manipulation, and Fraud": Senator Hugo Black's Air Mail Investigation, 1933-1934 p. 125
- 5 Enacting a New Deal for Aviation: Franklin D. Roosevelt and US Aviation Policy p. 154
- 6 Laying Foundations: New Deal Public Works and Aviation Infrastructure p. 194
- 7 Conclusion: To the Jet Age and Beyond p. 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Johnson, M. Houston, V, author. Taking flight
- ISBN:
- 9781623497217
- 1623497213
- OCLC:
- 1051777650
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