| Blue Sky Metropolis Contributor(s): Westwick, Peter J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520289064 ISBN-13: 9780520289062 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - Technology & Engineering | History |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| Series: Western Histories |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why did Southern California become the aerospace capital of the world? What were the consequences of this development for the region, for the nation, and for aerospace itself? Featuring essays by a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars and writers, this volume investigates the intersection of aerospace and Southern California through the lenses of anthropology, history of science and technology, labor, business, ethnicity and gender, architecture, and the environment. |