Airspaces
| Author/creator | Pascoe, David Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Reaktion Books, Limited Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor] |
| Description | 304 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ProQuest Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Topographics Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation <div>As mass air transport shrinks the world and requires airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities, this book argues that airspace – that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel – must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map of our age.<br /><br />At the hub of this exclusive enclave, which rises from the runway to an altitude of several thousand feet and which calmly accommodates the dangers of take-off and landing procedures, lies the airport – the concrete manifestation of airspace. The airport is a locale of anxiety and chance where, in order to expedite air traffic, authority is absolute, time is relative and liberties are always taken.<br /><br />David Pascoe's wide-ranging book blends personal observation with detailed discussions of social history, air accidents, landscape, architecture, politics, aesthetics, literature and film to provide a striking account of the airport as a unique space and singular form of modernity, a place fundamental to any accurate sense of what we are now, and where we are going.<br /><br />"eclectic and intelligent ... a thought-provoking analysis"—<i>Financial Times</i><br /><br />"the scope of Mr Pascoe’s rumination is impressive"—<i>The Economist</i></div> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781861890900 |
| ISBN | 1861890907 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781861890900 |
| Stock number | 00314465 |
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