| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 airports are not jointly owned or managed, but rather are local public responsibilities." "In this history of the places that travelers in cities across America call "the" airport, Janet R. Daly Bednarek traces the evolving relationship between cities and their airports during the crucial formative years of 1917-47"--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Airports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Airports -- United States -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century
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Urban renewal -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- Commercial.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics.
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Airports
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Airports -- Design and construction
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Urban renewal
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Flughafen
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Luchthavens.
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1585449288 |
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9781585449286 |
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