LEADER 00000cam a2200613Mi 4500 001 ocn900344108 003 OCoLC 005 20180512032558.5 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 150117s2002 kyu ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780813149387|qelectronic book 020 081314938X|qelectronic book 020 |z9780813122199 035 (OCoLC)900344108 037 22573/ctt129ftn0|bJSTOR 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dJSTOR |dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ 043 n-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 HE9763 072 7 LAN|x004000|2bisacsh 072 7 TRA002040|2bisacsh 072 7 TRA002010|2bisacsh 072 7 HIS036000|2bisacsh 082 04 383.144|221 090 HE9763 100 1 Van der Linden, F. Robert.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /names/n90714504 245 10 Airlines and Air Mail :|bthe Post Office and the Birth of the Commercial Aviation Industry. 264 1 Lexington :|bThe University Press of Kentucky,|c2015. 300 1 online resource (366 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Foundations; 2. The Birth of an Industry; 3. The Aviation Industry Comes of Age; 4. Consolidation; 5. 1929: The Calm before the Storm; 6. The Post Office Takes Charge; 7. The Watres Act; 8. Realignment; 9. Drawing a New Map; 10. Reaction; 11. Cord and Congress; 12. The Democrats Take Control; 13. Congress Assumes Command; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. 520 Conventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began. In Airlines and Air Mail, F. Robert van der Linden persuasively argues that Progressive republican policies of Herbert Hoover actually fostered the growth of American commercial aviation. Air mail contracts provided a critical indirect subsidy and a solid financial foundation for this nascent industry. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown used these contracts as a carrot a. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Aeronautics, Commercial|zUnited States.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001370 650 0 Air mail service|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2007100939 650 7 Aeronautics, Commercial.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/798462 650 7 Air mail service.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 802404 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=937969|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20180529|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 420-511|lridw 994 92|bRID