Airspaces / David Pascoe.

Main entry:

Pascoe, David, 1965-

Title & Author:

Airspaces / David Pascoe.

Publication:

London : Reaktion, 2001.

Description:

303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Topographics

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Thresholds of Modernity -- Landscapes of Pre-Emption -- Splendours of Space -- Theatres of War -- Cultures of the Terminal -- Airs of Finality.

Summary:

"As mass air transport shrinks the world and demands airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities, this book argues that airspace - that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or simply between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel - must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map of our age." "At the hub of this exclusive enclave, which rises from the runway to an altitude of several thousand feet and which calmly accomdates the dangers of take-off and landing procedures, lies the airport - the concrete manifestation of airspace. The airport is a locale of anxiety and chance where, in order to expedite traffic, authority is absolute, time is relative and liberties are always taken." "David Pascoe's book blends personal observation with detailed discussions of social history, air accidents, landscape, architecture, politics, aesthetics, literature and film to provide a striking account of the airport as a unique space and singular form of modernity, a place fundamental to any accurate sense of what we are now, and where we are going."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

1861890907 (paperback)
9781861890900 (paperback)

Subject:

Airports Social aspects.
Airspace (International law)
Espace aérien (Droit international)
air rights.
Luchthavens.
Ruimtelijke aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Culturele aspecten.
luchthavens
airports
luchttransport
air transport
internationale reis
international travel
Economic, Social, and Cultural History
Economische, sociale en cultuurgeschiedenis

Added entries:

Topographics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218423
Call No.: NA6300 .P3 2001
Status: Available

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