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
The rarified air of the modern : airplanes and technological modernity in the Andes
2016
1 Online-Ressource
illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
Book
Electronic Resource
English
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