| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Centennial of flight series ; no. 10
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Centennial of flight series ; no. 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-373) and index. |
| Contents |
An entertainment century -- Reflections on wonderlands -- Inventors and entertainers: aviation -- Inventors and entertainers: movies -- Surmountable contradictions -- Lines in the sky -- PAA and RKO: the Rio connection -- Musical fantasies, political realities -- Movies, airplanes, and touristic urges. |
| Summary |
"In this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio as a point of departure from which to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century sensibility. The musical comedy connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." |
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"Flying Down to Rio: Hollywood, Tourists, and Yankee Clippers shows the close connection between commerce, aviation, film, and empire. By the end of the twentieth century, reality caught up with and surpassed imagination. Aviation, movies, and mass tourism had become powerful global industries, contributing to an internationally connected, entertainment-oriented culture. What was once unthinkable had now become expected."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Flying down to Rio (Motion picture)
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Flying down to Rio (Motion picture) |
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Flying down to Rio (Motion picture) |
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United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular culture. |
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History. |
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects. |
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Motion picture industry -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion picture industry -- Social aspects. |
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Motion picture industry. |
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Aeronautics -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Aeronautics -- Social aspects. |
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Aeronautics. |
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Tourism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Tourism -- Social aspects. |
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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Territorial expansion. |
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United States -- Relations -- Latin America.
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Relations. |
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Latin America. |
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Latin America -- Relations -- United States.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schwartz, Rosalie, 1936- Flying down to Rio. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2004 1585443824 (DLC) 2004003678 (OCoLC)54694489 |
| ISBN |
9781603446341 (electronic book) |
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1603446346 (electronic book) |
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1585443824 |
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9781585443826 |
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1585444219 |
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9781585444212 |
