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Writing the heavenly frontier : metaphor, geography, and flight autobiography in America 1927-1954 /
Writing the Heavenly Frontier celebrates the early voices of the air as it examines the sky as a metaphorical and political landscape. While flight histories usually focus on the physical dangers of early aviation, this book introduces the figurative liabilities of ascension. Early pilot-writers not...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2011.
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| Colección: | Costerus ;
new ser., v. 187. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction Writing the Heavenly Frontier; I THE MUNDANE TO THE MIRACULOUS; II THE COLORS OF THE EARTH AND THE SANCTITY OF SPACE; III MASCULINE SPACES AND WOMEN FLYERS; IV AERIAL GEOGRAPHIES AND IMPERIAL DISCOURSES; Epilogue Late Century Metaphors: Larry Walters and the Rich Man's Wedding Cake; Index.