Spectacle of Flight Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950

Name: Spectacle of Flight Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950
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ISBN: 9780300122657

ISBN-10: 0300122659

ISBN-13: 9780300122657

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert Wohl

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In the decades following the First World War, when aviation was still a revelation, flight was perceived as a spectacle to delight the eyes and stimulate the imagination. Historian Robert Wohl takes us back to this time, recapturing the achievements of pioneering aviators and exploring flight as a source of cultural inspiration in the United States and Europe. Wohl begins the story of flight in this era with a fresh account of the impact of Charles Lindbergh's dramatic New York-Paris flight, then goes on to explain how Mussolini identified his Fascist regime with the modernist cachet of aviation. Wohl shows how the Hollywood film industry--drawing on the talents of such director-flyers as…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 0.80" wide x 1.02" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 2.904

Robert Wohl is Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles.