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Airlines and air mail : the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry

Title
Airlines and air mail : the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry / F. Robert van der Linden.
Author
Van der Linden, F. Robert.
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2002.

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Description
xv, 349 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Aeronautics, Commercial > United States
  • Air mail service > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-335) and index.
Contents
Foundations -- The birth of an industry -- The aviation industry comes of age -- Consolidation -- 1929 : calm before the storm -- The post office takes charge -- The Watres Act -- Realignment -- Drawing a new map -- Reaction -- Cord and Congress -- The Democrats take control -- Congress assumes command.
Call Number
JBE 02-1489
ISBN
0813122198 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2001007229
OCLC
48500964
Author
Van der Linden, F. Robert.
Title
Airlines and air mail : the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry / F. Robert van der Linden.
Imprint
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-335) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 02-1489
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