Book ID: CBB547914611

The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India (2023)

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From airports crowded with refugees desperate to flee Partition violence to the mountainous battlefields of Kashmir, aircraft proved indispensable to newly independent India. The aeroplane played a small but significant role in India's transformation from a British colony to an independent republic. Through the prism of aviation, both civil and military, 'The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India' charts India's journey from the Second World War to the nationalization of Indian airline companies in 1953. For independent India, the aeroplane represented not only a powerful means of projecting state power but also a symbol of what it meant to be modern. This was not lost on other contenders for sovereignty in South Asia. Both Pakistan and the Indian princes also invested extensively in aviation in the hopes of bolstering their power and legitimacy in South Asia. Drawing on numerous archives, untapped personal collections, and newspaper reports in India and the United Kingdom,Aashique Iqbal provides the first comprehensive history of the Indian state's engagement with aviation. Featuring a rich cast of characters including Indian maharajas, Polish pilots, American entrepreneurs, Australian adventurers, and British Air Force officers, this book tells the story of how the aeroplane helped make modern India.

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Review Jürgen P. Melzer (2023) Review of "The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India". Technology and Culture (pp. 952-954). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Abraham, Itty
Anderson, Warwick H.
Armiero, Marco
Döṣemeci, Mehmet
Frederickson, Kari
Jenson, Deborah
Journals
Agricultural History
American Quarterly
Contemporary European History
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Environment and History
History and Technology
Publishers
Cornell University Press
Georgia Institute of Technology
Cambridge University Press
Duke University Press
Manchester University Press
Univ. Chicago Press
Concepts
Modernization
Postcolonialism
Technology and government
Colonialism
International relations
Great Britain, colonies
People
Pimentel, Luis Serrão
Time Periods
20th century, late
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
17th century
Places
India
United States
Brazil
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
Institutions
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United Nations
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