The Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801869625 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Aviation and Society go together like PB&J." according to Jacob Turk. Did you know aviation fever infected every member of American society between the World Wars? Well after you read this book you will surely agree. This book is an excellent example of a social and cultural history of aviation. Joseph Corn uses extensive examples to prove his argument, each of which are backed by credible sources. If you want to learn how society used aviation as a tool for racial and gender reform, for example, I highly recommend this book.. "Outstanding Analysis of the Romance of Aviation" according to Roger D. Launius. This is a classic study of the social history of the airplane and why Americans have been so attracted to its use. First published in 198Outstanding Analysis of the Romance of Aviation This is a classic study of the social history of the airplane and why Americans have been so attracted to its use. First published in 1983, it is now available in this 2002 edition with a new preface. I first read "The Winged Gospel" soon after its publication and found it a path-breaking, provocative study that emphasized beliefs about the airplane held by the machine's early advocates. I recently reread it and was impressed once again by its insight and the reas. , it is now available in this 2002 edition with a new preface. I first read "The Winged Gospel" soon after its publication and found it a path-breaking, provocative study that emphasized beliefs about the airplane held by the machine's early advocates. I recently reread it and was impressed once again by its insight and the reas. Joseph T. Reeves said Good explanation of America's facination with early aviation. Joseph Corn's "The Winged Gospel" is a loving study of why many Americans were fascinated with aviation during the first half of the twentieth century. Corn explores the religous flavor which became associated with the airplane, and how a career in aviation became regarded as a mystical, "higher calling." Corn also examines how the bombing raids of World War II, especially on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, shattered that optimism. Corn devotes separate chapters to such p
From the day when two bicycle mechanics made the first flight at Kitty Hawk until the end of World War II, Americans invested extraordinary hope in airplanes, expecting them to revolutionize daily life and transform the world. Exploring these early years of aviation, Joseph Corn describes the fascinating, and often bizarre, plans for the future of manned flight (including the Depression-era dream of "an airplane in every garage") and brings back to life the famous and lesser-known aviators who became American heroes–Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Calbraith P. Rich in colorful detail, The Win
Joseph Corn's lively and readable book is well organized and written, thoroughly researched in primary documentation, and richly anecdotal and fascinating. Bilstein Journal of American History)A lively study. (Alex Roland Isis) Corn exploits a wide assortment of books, periodicals, and cultural symbols and is adept at extrapolating evidence to support his thesis that aviation became something of a secular religion, promoting both prosperity and harmony. (Wall Street Journal) . Here are gathered the couples wedded in the air, the designers of automobiles that fly, the prophets of peace and prosperitythe true believers in the millennium of flight. The author's enthusiasm for his topic is infectious. (Roger E
Joseph J. He is the co-author of Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future, available from Johns Hopkins.. Corn is a senior lecturer in the history department at Stanford University