000470575 000__ 02014cam\a2200397\i\4500 000470575 001__ 470575 000470575 005__ 20210513163821.0 000470575 008__ 121221s2013\\\\mauabf\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000470575 010__ $$a 2012051096 000470575 020__ $$a9780674050945 000470575 020__ $$a0674050940 000470575 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn824670883 000470575 035__ $$a470575 000470575 040__ $$aDLC$$erda$$beng$$cDLC$$dIG#$$dOCLCO$$dBTCTA$$dBDX$$dUKMGB$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCO 000470575 043__ $$an-us--- 000470575 049__ $$aISEA 000470575 05000 $$aHE9803.A3$$bV26 2013 000470575 08204 $$a387.70973$$223 000470575 1001_ $$aVan Vleck, Jenifer,$$d1974- 000470575 24510 $$aEmpire of the air :$$baviation and the American ascendancy /$$cJenifer Van Vleck. 000470575 24630 $$aAviation and the American ascendancy 000470575 264_1 $$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2013. 000470575 300__ $$a370 pages, 22 pages of unnumbered plates :$$billustrations, map ;$$c25 cm 000470575 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000470575 337__ $$aunmediated$$2rdamedia 000470575 338__ $$avolume$$2rdacarrier 000470575 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000470575 5050_ $$aIntroduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall". 000470575 61020 $$aPan American World Airways, Inc.$$xHistory. 000470575 650_0 $$aAeronautics, Commercial$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000470575 650_0 $$aAeronautics, Commercial$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States. 000470575 650_0 $$aAeronautics, Commercial$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 000470575 650_0 $$aAeronautics and state$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000470575 650_0 $$aGlobalization. 000470575 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$y20th century. 000470575 77608 $$iOnline version:$$aVan Vleck, Jenifer, 1974-$$tEmpire of the air.$$dCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013$$z9780674726246$$w(DLC) 2012051096$$w(OCoLC)861199805 000470575 85200 $$bgen$$hHE9803.A3$$iV26$$i2013 000470575 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:470575$$pGLOBAL_SET 000470575 980__ $$aBIB 000470575 980__ $$aBOOK