Taking to the air : an illustrated history of flight / Lily Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Lily, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flight--History.

Flight.

Aeronautics--History.

Aeronautics.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]

Summary:

The possibilities of flight have long fascinated us. Each innovation captivated a broad public, from those who gathered to witness winged medieval visionaries jumping from towers, to those who tuned in to watch the moon landings. Throughout history, the visibility of airborne objects from the ground has made for a spectacle of flight, with sizeable crowds gathering for eighteenth-century balloon launches and early twentieth-century air shows. 'Taking to the Air' tells the history of flight through the eye of the spectator, and later, the passenger. Focusing on moments of great cultural impact, this book is a visual celebration of the wonder of flight, based on the large and diverse collection of print imagery held by the British Library. It is a study of how flight has been thought and pictured.

Contents:

Winged men

Windbags

Afloat

Wind wrestlers

Air quake

The joy of the ride

Aerial nationalism

'Beware down below'

The jet age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780295744551

0295744553

OCLC:

1055163215