Rarified Air of the Modern - Airplanes and Technological Modernity in the Andes

Zusatztext This intricate history of the Andes, pilots, aircrafts, entrepreneurs, elites, politicians, and ultimately the drive to develop Peru into a more modern nation is well told and well documented. Overall, this detailed and intricately woven history of personalities, politics, international relations, and technology is a strong contribution to the history of both Peru and South America ... Recommended. Informationen zum Autor Willie Hiatt is an Associate Professor of Latin American History at Long Island University, Post Campus. Klappentext This book examines technology, modern identity, and history-making in Peru through the country's relationship with aviation. Zusammenfassung This book examines technology, modern identity, and history-making in Peru through the country's relationship with aviation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Airplanes and Historical Horizons on the Periphery Chapter 1: Modernity's Surprise Landing in the Andes, 1910-11 Chapter 2: Peruvian Air Farce, 1919-30 Chapter 3: Flying "Cholo" Chapter 4: High Technology in the Jungle Chapter 5: The Window Seat of Modernity Chapter 6: When Technology Bombs Epilogue: Andeans and Airplanes after 1950 Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Willie Hiatt, Willie (Associate Professor of History Hiatt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2016
• EAN: 9780190248901
• ISBN: 978-0-19-024890-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous