England and the aeroplane : militarism, modernity and machines
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書誌事項
England and the aeroplane : militarism, modernity and machines
(Penguin books)(Penguin history)
Penguin, 2013
[Rev. ed.]
- : pbk
- タイトル別名
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England and the aeroplane : an essay on a militant and technological nation
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注記
"This revised edition published in Penguin books 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-[201]) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The story of the strange mixture of romanticism, militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England, from the brilliant author of Britain's War Machine
The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz, of boffins, flying machines, amateur inventors and muddling through. In England and the Aeroplane David Edgerton reverses received wisdom, showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology, industry, empire and military power.
England had the strongest air force in the Great War, the largest industry in the world in the 1920s, outproduced Germany by 50% at the time of the Battle of Britain and was the third largest producers of aeroplanes well after this time. In a revelatory recounting of the story of aeronautical England, from its politics to its industry and culture, David Edgerton reconfigures some of the most important chapters of our history.
Reviews:
'A brilliant polemic' Guardian
'Full of good stories ... an illuminating read' Spectator
'A tour de force, after which the history of the aircraft industry will never be quite the same again' Business History
'David Edgerton's sure-footed essay ... sees Britain from an unusual perspective ... His arguments provide sound backing for the idea that modern Britain is as much a warfare state as a welfare one' Economist
About the author:
David Edgerton is Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College London, where he was the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. He is the author of a sequence of groundbreaking books on 20th century Britain: Science, Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline', 1870-1970; Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970; and Britain's War Machine, published by Penguin. He is also the author of the iconoclastic and brilliant The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900.
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