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Author:
Johnson, M. Houston, V, author.
Title:
Taking flight : the foundations of American commercial aviation, 1918-1938 / M. Houston Johnson V.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Texas A&M University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Aeronautics, Commercial--United States--History--20th century.
Aeronautics and state--United States--History--20th century.
Aeronautics, Commercial--History--United States--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The coming air age: Herbert Hoover and the origins of Federal Aviation Policy, 1921-1925 -- Regulating the skies: The Air Commerce Act of 1926 -- "A sound basis" for air transport: Walter F. Brown and commercial aviation, 1927-1932 -- "Chicanery, manipulation, and fraud": Senator Hugo Black's air mail investigation, 1933-1934 -- Enacting a new deal for aviation: Franklin D. Roosevelt and US aviation policy -- Laying foundations: New deal public works and aviation infrastructure -- Conclusion: To the jet age and beyond.
Series:
Centennial of flight ; number twenty-one
ISBN:
1623497213
9781623497217
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1051777650
LCCN:
2018032360
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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