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Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2004-10-04
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780805065183
- Book Title
- Naked Airport : a Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Transportation, History
- Topic
- Modern / 20th Century, Aviation / History, Aviation / Commercial
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 20.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Information
The first full cultural history of the ultimate modern structure: the airport, revealed as never before. Since its origins in the muddy fields of flying machines, the airport has arguably become one of the defining institutions of modern life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805065180
ISBN-13
9780805065183
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30280545
Product Key Features
Book Title
Naked Airport : a Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, Aviation / History, Aviation / Commercial
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Transportation, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
20.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tl725.G647 2004
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"Alastair Gordon scrutinizes airports as a microcosm of twentieth-century America, and it's all there--the technology, the architecture, the politics, the business, and the genius and daring that it took to meet the challenge of an ever on-rushing future. "Naked Airport" is as exhilarating as it is literate and informative." --John Berendt, author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" " "Naked Airport" vividly conjures up the primitive buildings and intrepid bravado of pioneering aviation, the alluring fantasies that surrounded early commercial flights, the advent of fashion with high-speed jet-travel in the 1960s, followed by the intrusion of cost-butting and surveillance that turned the dream into a nightmare later that same decade. Alastair Gordon's book reminds us that the experience of flying is conditioned, more than anything, by that of airports." --Gwendolyn Wright, "Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America" "Reading Alistair Gordon' s splendid survey of airport architecture is like stepping into a time machine and bearing witness to all the ambition and angst of the 20th century itself." Naked Airport" is highly erudite, extremely entertaining and a fascinating read." --Carole Rifkind, author of" A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture", "Alastair Gordon scrutinizes airports as a microcosm of twentieth-century America, and it's all there--the technology, the architecture, the politics, the business, and the genius and daring that it took to meet the challenge of an ever on-rushing future. Naked Airport is as exhilarating as it is literate and informative." --John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil " Naked Airport vividly conjures up the primitive buildings and intrepid bravado of pioneering aviation, the alluring fantasies that surrounded early commercial flights, the advent of fashion with high-speed jet-travel in the 1960s, followed by the intrusion of cost-butting and surveillance that turned the dream into a nightmare later that same decade. Alastair Gordon's book reminds us that the experience of flying is conditioned, more than anything, by that of airports." --Gwendolyn Wright, Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America "Reading Alistair Gordon's splendid survey of airport architecture is like stepping into a time machine and bearing witness to all the ambition and angst of the 20th century itself. Naked Airport is highly erudite, extremely entertaining and a fascinating read." --Carole Rifkind, author of A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2003-067612
Dewey Decimal
387.7/3609
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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My sincere apologies, the item was not what I expected, (to NO FAULT of the SELLER at all.) It came in good condition however, I must’ve of misunderstood the description, I thought the names would be transliterated into English, but it's in Hebrew. I thought it would give the Hebrew meaning to the name/ places. Also I noticed that the dust jacket was different than the advertised photo. If I may, I'd like to request a refund please and continue my search... Kind regards.
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