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

Title: Airlines and air mail [electronic resource] : 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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1 online resource (xv, 349 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Airlines and air mail (Online)

Alternative Title

Airlines and air mail (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-335) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

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