Airports, cities, and the jet age : US airports since 1945 /: US airports since 1945. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Janet R. Bednarek.
• Authors: Bednarek, Janet R. Daly (Janet Rose Daly), 1959-
• Contents: Introduction: Cities, Airports and the Jet Age -- Part One -- Chapter One From 30, 000 Feet: Airports and Aviation History Since 1945 -- Chapter Two Closer to the Ground: Airport Ownership and Finance -- Part Two -- Chapter Three Response to the Jet Age: Federal-Local Interaction and the Shaping of the Aviation Landscape -- Chapter Four Airports for the "Jet Age": Expansion, Iconic Architecture and Airport Malls -- Part Three -- Chapter Five The Broad Problem of Airport Noise: Airports, the Courts, the Federal Government, and the Environment -- Chapter Six Cities and Jet Noise: On the Ground and in the Air, How to Tame the Planes that Roared -- Part Four -- Chapter Seven Airport Security: Hijackers, Terrorists, Religious Groups and the Constitution -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 387.736/09730904; History; Airports -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Airports -- United States -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century; Urban renewal -- United States -- History -- 20th century; TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- Commercial; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics; Airports; Airports -- Design and construction; Urban renewal; Science -- History; History -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; History of science; History: specific events & topics; Sociology; Sociology, Urban; History -- United States -- General; History of the Americas; United States; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319311951; 3319311956; 3319311948; 9783319311944
• Related ISBNs: 3319311948; 9783319311944
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.