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Author Johnson, M. Houston, V, author.

Title Taking flight : the foundations of American commercial aviation, 1918-1938 / M. Houston Johnson V.

Publication Info. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (x, 287 pages).
text file
Series Centennial of flight ; number twenty-one
Centennial of flight series ; no. 21.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The coming air age: Herbert Hoover and the origins of Federal Aviation Policy, 1921-1925 -- Regulating the skies: the Air Commerce Act of 1926 -- "A sound basis" for air transport: Walter F. Brown and commercial aviation, 1927-1932 -- "Chicanery, manipulation, and fraud": Senator Hugo Black's Air Mail Investigation, 1933-1934 -- Enacting a new deal for aviation: Franklin D. Roosevelt and US Aviation Policy -- Laying foundations: New Deal Public Works and aviation infrastructure -- Conclusion: to the Jet Age and Beyond.
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Subject Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics, Commercial.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Aeronautics and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics and state.
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Government policy.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Johnson, M. Houston, V. Taking flight. First edition. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019] 9781623497217 (DLC) 2018032360 (OCoLC)1051777650
ISBN 9781623497224 (electronic book)
1623497221 (electronic book)
9781623497217 (hardcover)