Gordon Pirie Air Empire (Hardback) Studies in Imperialism (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Air EmpireCondition: NewEAN: 9780719041112ISBN: 9780719041112Publisher: Manchester University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/27/2009Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Gordon PirieLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: British Imperial Civil Aviation, 1919–39ISBN-10: 0719041112Description: Air empire is a fresh study of civil aviation as a tool of late British imperialism. The first pioneering flights across the British empire in 1919-20 were flag-waving adventures that recreated an era of plucky British maritime exploration and conquest. Britain’s development of international air routes and services was approved, organised and celebrated largely in London; there was some resistance in and beyond the subordinate colonies and dominions. Negotiating the financing and geopolitics of regular commercial air service delayed its inception until the 1930s. Technological, managerial and logistical problems also meant that Britain was slow into the air and slow in the air. Propaganda concealed underperformance and criticism. The study uses archival sources, biographies, industry magazines and newspapers to chronicle the disputed progress toward air empire. The rhetoric behind imperial air service offers a glimpse of late imperial hopes, fears, attitudes and style. Empire air service had emotional appeal and symbolic value, but disappointed in practice.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryBook Series: Studies in ImperialismItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 585gRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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