Chapter ID: CBB000740869

The Struggle over Airways in the Americas, 1919--1945: Atmospheric Science, Aviation Technology, and Neocolonialism (2006)

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Cushman, Gregory Todd (Author)


Pages: 175-222
Publication date: 2006
Language: English


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Book Fleming, James Rodger; Jankovic, Vladimir; Coen, Deborah R. (2006) Intimate Universality: Local and Global Themes in the History of Weather and Climate. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Miyagawa, Takuya
Arboleda Aparicio, Luis Carlos
Baucom, Donald Ralph
Benson, Erik
Eckert, Michael
Erickson, Lance K.
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
History and Technology
Public Interest Report
Air Power History
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Publishers
Princeton University
University of California, Berkeley
Duke University
Palgrave Macmillan
University of Pittsburgh Press
Concepts
Meteorology
Aeronautics; aviation
Colonialism
Aircraft; airplanes
Imperialism
Science and technology, relationships
People
Caldas, Francisco José de
Galisher, James
Humboldt, Alexander von
Wright brothers, Wilber and Orville
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
20th century
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Places
United States
Americas
Africa
Great Britain
India
Korea
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Manila Observatory (Philippines)
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