ISBN:
9781405182621
,
9781405182614
,
1444324632
,
1444391348
,
9781444324631
,
9781444391343
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 283 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
RGS-IBG book series
Parallel Title:
Print version Aerial Life
DDC:
306.4/819
Keywords:
Aeronautics Social aspects
;
Air travel Social aspects
;
Human geography
;
Social mobility
;
Luftfahrt
;
Flugreise
;
Soziale Mobilität
;
Luftfahrt
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Anthropogeografie
Abstract:
NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011! This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals.Brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to societyPresents an original theory that our societies are aerial societies, or 'aerealities', and shows how we are both enabled and threatened by aerial mobilityFeatures a series of detailed international case studies which map the history of aviation over the past century - from the pro
Description / Table of Contents:
Aerial Life; Contents; Figures and Tables; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Prologue; Overview; Aerial Life; Powering Up Aerial Geographies; The Organization of the Book; Part One Becoming Aerial; 2 Birth of the Aerial Body; 3 The Projection and Performance of Airspace; Part Two Governing Aerial Life; 4 Aerial Views: Bodies, Borders and Biopolitics; 5 Profi ling Machines; Part Three Aerial Aggression; 6 Aerial Environments; 7 Subjects under Siege; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9781444324631
URL:
http://www.myilibrary.com?id=268260&ref=toc
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