Non-Fiction Books:

Cultures and Caricatures of British Imperial Aviation

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Description

Looks at the new activity of transcontinental civil flying in the 1930s and its extension of British imperial attitudes and practices. Gathers new evidence to distil the age, class, gender and occupational profiles of people who used private and commercial aircraft and looks at how flying in the period was and is romanticised and caricatured. -- .

Author Biography:

Gordon Pirie is Deputy Director of the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town -- .
Release date NZ
June 1st, 2012
Author
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white
Pages
264
Dimensions
156x234x19
ISBN-13
9780719086823
Product ID
19555756

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