A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908-1918 - Softcover
This elegantly written, copiously illustrated book presents the first cultural history of the pioneering phase of aviation. Robert Wohl`s fascinating story describes Wilbur Wright and other colorful early aeronauts, aces such as Baron von Richthofen, and the enthusiastic responses to the implications of aviation by such writers and artists as H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, Kazimir Malevich, Robert Delaunay, Gabriele D`Annunzio, and Emile Driant.
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Robert Wohl is Distinguished Professor of History, University of California at Los Angeles.
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A cultural history of the early years of aviation.
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- PublisherYale University Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0300068875
- ISBN 13 9780300068870
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