America's airports : airfield development, 1918-1947 /

"Chicago-O'Hare, DFW, LAX, New York-La Guardia. Across the country, Americans take for granted the convenience of air flight from one city to another. The federal role in managing air traffic and the cooperative corporate planning of major airlines mask to some degree the fact that those a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bednarek, Janet R. Daly (Janet Rose Daly), 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©2001.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1900-1999
Airports > United States > History > 20th century.
Airports > United States > Design and construction > History > 20th century.
Urban renewal > United States > History > 20th century.
Business & Economics.
Transportation Economics.
Rénovation urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TRANSPORTATION > Aviation > Commercial.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Airports.
Airports > Design and construction.
Urban renewal.
Flughafen
Luchthavens.
United States.
USA
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Pioneer Efforts: World War I to 1926
  • 2. The Era of Airport Enthusiasm, 1926-33
  • 3. Depression and Reality: The Fading Enthusiasm
  • 4. We Have to Have a Plan (And Money to Pay for It): Cities, the Federal Government, and Airports, 1933-40
  • 5. City Planning and Municipal Airports, 1927-40
  • 6. "For the Duration" and into the Postwar "Air Age": Airports, World War II, and the Federal Airport Act of 1946.

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