基本信息·出版社：Reaktion Books
·页码：224 页
·出版日期：2003年10月
·ISBN：1861891636
·International Standard Book Number：1861891636
·条形码：9781861891631
·EAN：9781861891631
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Objekt
内容简介
In Aircraft, David Pascoe offers a fascinating account of the form of the -airplane, an object that has quickly developed from a flimsy contraption of wood, wire, and canvas into a machine compounded of exotic materials whose wings can touch the edges of space. He considers the subject from a number of perspectives: as an inspiration for artists, architects, and politicians; as a miracle of engineering; as a product of industrialized culture; as a device of military ambition; and as an instance of sublime technology.
Profusely illustrated and authoritatively written, Aircraft offers not just a fresh account of aeronautical design but also provides a cultural history of an object whose very shape contains the dreams and nightmares of the modern age.
作者简介 David Pascoe is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
目录
Preface
1. Flight Engineering
2. Conquests of the Air
3. Silver Bullets
4. Model Planes
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photographic Acknowledgements
Index
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