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  • Century of Progress International Exposition
     
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    Broken Icarus the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the golden age of aviation, and the rise of fascism / David Hanna
     
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    Author: 
    Hanna, David, 1967- author
    Title: 
    Broken Icarus the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the golden age of aviation, and the rise of fascism / David Hanna
    Publisher: 
    Guilford, Connecticut Prometheus Books [2022]
    Description: 
    xvi, 233 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm
    Summary: 
    "In Broken Icarus, author David Hanna tracks the inspiring trajectory of aviation leading up to and through the World's Fair of 1933, as well as the field of flight's more sinister ties to fascism domestic and abroad to present a unique history that is both riveting and revelatory"--
    Bibliography Note: 
    Includes bibliographical references and index
    Contents: 
    On the edge -- White City -- Black Shirt -- Zeppelin -- Up! -- Crash -- A single beam of starlight -- Rainbow City -- Chief Flying Eagle -- Waking from the dream -- Space Race -- City of Tomorrow -- Lost horizon -- Into the abyss
    Local Note: 
    Purchased from the S, Dillon Ripley Endowment
    Subject: 
    Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
    Century of Progress International Exposition
    Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century
    Aeronautics and state -- History -- 20th century
    World politics -- 1933-1945
    Fascism -- History -- 20th century
    Politique mondiale -- 1933-1945
    Fascisme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
    World politics
    Aeronautics
    Aeronautics and state
    Fascism
    Genre: 
    History
    ISBN: 
    9781633886766
    163388676X
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    TL515 .H253 2022National Air and Space Museum39088020180550Checked InRequest Copy
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