Wings of wood, wings of metal : culture and technical choice in American airplane materials, 1914-1945
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Schatzberg, Eric, 1956-
Wings of wood, wings of metal : culture and technical choice in American airplane materials, 1914-1945
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1999
xv, 313 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistSciTech.WingsWood
Contents
[Cover], pp. [unnumbered]-[ii]
[Title page], pp. [iii]-[vi]
Contents, pp. [vii]-[viii]
List of tables, pp. [ix]-[x]
List of figures, pp. [xi]-[2]
1. Materials, symbols, and ideologies of progress, pp. [3]-21
2. Engineering enthusiasm: World War I and the origins of the metal airplane, pp. [22]-43
3. Metal and its discontents, pp. [44]-63
4. An old role for the military: government support for metal airplane construction, pp. [64]-95
5. Metal and commercial aviation I: Henry Ford takes flight, pp. [96]-113
6. Neglected alternative I: plywood stressed-skin construction, pp. [114]-134
7. Persistence pays off: military success with metal airplanes, pp. [135]-154
8. Metal and commercial aviation II: the triumph of the all-metal airliner, pp. [155]-174
9. Neglected alternative II: synthetic resin adhesives, pp. [175]-191
10. World War II and the revival of the wooden airplane, pp. [192]-222
11. Epilogue: culture and composite materials, pp. [223]-232
Notes, pp. [233]-304
Index, pp. [305]-313 ff.
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