Airports, Cities, and the Jet Age

US Airports Since 1945

Janet R. Bednarek, James Fleming, Roger D. Launius

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English

Springer International Publishing AG
15 September 2016

Industrialisation & industrial history; Airports; History of science; History of engineering & technology

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

This book explores the relationship between cities and their commercial airports. These vital transportation facilities are locally owned and managed and civic leaders and boosters have made them central to often expansive economic development dreams, including the construction of architecturally significant buildings. However, other metropolitan residents have paid a high price for the expansion of air transportation, as battles over jet aircraft noise resulted not only in quieter jet engine technologies, but profound changes in the metropolitan landscape with the clearance of both urban and suburban neighborhoods. And in the wake of 9/11, the US commercial airport has emerged as the place where Americans most fully experience the security regime introduced after those terrorist attacks.

By: Janet R. Bednarek
Edited by: James Fleming, Roger D. Launius
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 4.955kg
ISBN: 9783319311944
ISBN 10: 3319311948
Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Pages: 291
Publication Date: 15 September 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Janet R. Bednarek is a professor of history at the University of Dayton, USA where she teaches classes in both urban and aviation history. She is the author of several books including America’s Airports: Airfield Development Since 1918 as well as articles on American urban and transportation history.