This study examines technology, modern identity, and history-making in Peru by telling the story of the surprising success of Peruvian pilots in European aviation competitions in 1910, and how their achievements generated great optimism that this new technology could lift the country out of its self-perceived backwardness


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    Titel :

    The rarified air of the modern : airplanes and technological modernity in the Andes


    Beteiligte:
    Hiatt, Willie (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2016


    Format / Umfang :

    1 Online-Ressource


    Anmerkungen:

    illustrations (black and white)
    Includes bibliographical references and index
    Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized




    Medientyp :

    Buch


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    RVK:    ZO 7050 / ZO 7988
    BKL:    55.51 Flugzeuge / 15.88 Mittelamerika, Südamerika
    DDC:    387.70985





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