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Why did Southern California become the aerospace capital of the world? What were the consequences of this development for the region, for the nation, and for aerospace itself? Featuring essays by a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars and writers, this volume investigates the intersection of aerospace and Southern California through the lenses of anthropology, history of science and technology, labor, business, ethnicity and gender, architecture, and the environment.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 320
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Series: Western Histories
Publication Date:
04 June 2012
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520289062
Format: Hardcover
"Every essay in this book hits the mark ... [they] set a high standard for anyone who wishes to pursue the subject."
Peter J. Westwick is an assistant professor of history at the University of Southern California and director of the Aerospace History Project, an initiative of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.