Airlines and air mail : the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry /

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Conventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began. In Airlines and Air Mail, F. Robert van der Linden persuasively...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van der Linden, F. Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2002.
Temas:
Aeronautics, Commercial > United States.
Air mail service > United States.
Transports aériens > États-Unis.
Poste aérienne > États-Unis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
TRANSPORTATION > Aviation > Commercial.
Aeronautics, Commercial
Air mail service
Luftfahrt
Geschichte
Luftpost
Commerciële dienstverlening.
Luchtvaart.
Luchtpost.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Conventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began. In Airlines and Air Mail, F. Robert van der Linden persuasively argues that Progressive republican policies of Herbert Hoover actually fostered the growth of American commercial aviation. Air mail contracts provided a critical indirect subsidy and a solid financial foundation for this nascent industry. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown used these contracts as a carrot a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813149387
081314938X

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