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: 9780300106923

ISBN-10: 0300106920

ISBN-13: 9780300106923

Edition: 2005

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: $39.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 6/10/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.696
Language: English

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



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