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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