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England and the Aeroplane
Taschenbuch von David Edgerton
Sprache: Englisch

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The story of the strange mixture of romanticism militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England from the brilliant author of Britain's War Machine

The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz of boffins flying machines amateur inventors and muddling through. In England and the Aeroplane David Edgerton reverses received wisdom showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology industry empire and military power.

England had the strongest air force in the Great War the largest industry in the world in the 1920s outproduced Germany by 50% at the time of the Battle of Britain and was the third largest producers of aeroplanes well after this time. In a revelatory recounting of the story of aeronautical England from its politics to its industry and culture David Edgerton reconfigures some of the most important chapters of our history.

Reviews:

'A brilliant polemic' Guardian

'Full of good stories ... an illuminating read' Spectator

'A tour de force after which the history of the aircraft industry will never be quite the same again' Business History

'David Edgerton's sure-footed essay ... sees Britain from an unusual perspective ... His arguments provide sound backing for the idea that modern Britain is as much a warfare state as a welfare one' Economist

About the author:

David Edgerton is Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College London where he was the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science Technology and Medicine. He is the author of a sequence of groundbreaking books on 20th century Britain: Science Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline' 1870-1970; Warfare State: Britain 1920-1970; and Britain's War Machine published by Penguin. He is also the author of the iconoclastic and brilliant The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900.
The story of the strange mixture of romanticism militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England from the brilliant author of Britain's War Machine

The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz of boffins flying machines amateur inventors and muddling through. In England and the Aeroplane David Edgerton reverses received wisdom showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology industry empire and military power.

England had the strongest air force in the Great War the largest industry in the world in the 1920s outproduced Germany by 50% at the time of the Battle of Britain and was the third largest producers of aeroplanes well after this time. In a revelatory recounting of the story of aeronautical England from its politics to its industry and culture David Edgerton reconfigures some of the most important chapters of our history.

Reviews:

'A brilliant polemic' Guardian

'Full of good stories ... an illuminating read' Spectator

'A tour de force after which the history of the aircraft industry will never be quite the same again' Business History

'David Edgerton's sure-footed essay ... sees Britain from an unusual perspective ... His arguments provide sound backing for the idea that modern Britain is as much a warfare state as a welfare one' Economist

About the author:

David Edgerton is Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College London where he was the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science Technology and Medicine. He is the author of a sequence of groundbreaking books on 20th century Britain: Science Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline' 1870-1970; Warfare State: Britain 1920-1970; and Britain's War Machine published by Penguin. He is also the author of the iconoclastic and brilliant The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900.
Über den Autor
David Edgerton
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Fahrzeuge, Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Fahrzeuge/Flugzeuge/Schiffe/Allgemeines
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780141975160
ISBN-10: 0141975164
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Edgerton, David
Hersteller: Penguin
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: David Edgerton
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2013
Gewicht: 0,346 kg
Artikel-ID: 121734280
Über den Autor
David Edgerton
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Fahrzeuge, Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Fahrzeuge/Flugzeuge/Schiffe/Allgemeines
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780141975160
ISBN-10: 0141975164
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Edgerton, David
Hersteller: Penguin
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: David Edgerton
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2013
Gewicht: 0,346 kg
Artikel-ID: 121734280
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