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Grounded : perpetual flight ... and then the pandemic / Christopher Schaberg.
Lippincott Library HE9803.A35 S35 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schaberg, Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Forerunners: Ideas First
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics, Commercial--United States.
- Aeronautics, Commercial.
- COVID-19 (Disease)--Economic aspects.
- COVID-19 (Disease).
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 71 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Mineapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Mobility studies scholar Christopher Schaberg considers the time leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing global plummet in commercial flight. Grounded blends journalistic reportage with cultural theory and philosophical inquiry in order to offer graspable insights as well as a stinging critique of contemporary air travel.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- Sit Down, Be Humble
- Flyover
- The 30,000-Foot View
- The Flying-V
- Dwell Time
- Ode to Empty Airports
- Grounded
- Once upon a Time . . .
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- ISBN:
- 1517912024
- 9781517912024
- OCLC:
- 1203136457
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