Book ID: CBB000083932

Wings of wood, wings of metal: Culture and technical choice in American airplane materials, 1914-1945 (1999)

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Schatzberg, Eric M. (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 1999
Physical Details: xv + 313 pp.; illus.; notes; index

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Review Vinarcik, E.J. (1999) Review of "Wings of wood, wings of metal: Culture and technical choice in American airplane materials, 1914-1945". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 634-35). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Andreas Rupprecht
Wohl, Robert
Vincenti, Walter G.
Vaughan, David K.
Schwipps, Werner
Levers, Andrew
Journals
Zhongguo Keji Shiliao (China Historical Materials of Science and Technology)
Technology and Culture
Michigan Quarterly Review
International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology
HSTC Bulletin: Journal of the History of Canadian Sciences, Technology, and Medicine
History of Technology
Publishers
Harpia Publishing
University of Washington Press
University of North Carolina Press
University of Georgia Press
Univelt
Smithsonian Institution Press
Concepts
Aeronautics; aviation
Aircraft; airplanes
Aircraft industry
Military technology
Engineers, aerospace
Environment
People
Wright brothers, Wilber and Orville
Lesley, Everett Parker
Feldbau, Jacques
Durand, William Frederick
De Bruyne, Norman
Time Periods
20th century
Places
British Isles
China
France
California (U.S.)
Soviet Union
Institutions
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (United States)
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