| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Rarified Air of the Modern; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Airplanes and Historical Horizons on the Periphery; 1. Modernity's Surprise Landing in the Andes, 1910-1911; 2. Peruvian Air Farce, 1919-1930; 3. Flying "Cholo"; 4. High Technology in the Jungle; 5. The Window Seat of Modernity; 6. When Technology Bombs; Epilogue: Andeans and Airplanes after 1950. |
| Summary |
This book examines technology, modern identity, and history-making in Peru through the country's relationship with aviation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aeronautics -- Peru -- History.
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Aeronautics. |
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Peru. |
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History. |
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Technology and state -- Peru.
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Technology and state. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Airplanes and technological modernity in the Andes |
| ISBN |
9780190248918 (electronic book) |
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0190248912 (electronic book) |
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9780190248901 (print) |
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