| Author | Pattillo, Donald M., 1940-
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| Title | Pushing the envelope : the American aircraft industry / Donald M. Pattillo.
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| Published | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1998.
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| Description | viii, 459 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-472-10869-7 (acid-free paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-435) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Origins and pioneers -- The industry and the First World War -- Building an industry -- The industry's golden age -- Progress amid struggle -- Industry survey, 1935-40 -- The wartime buildup begins -- The industry in wartime -- The postwar industry adjustment -- Industry survey, 1945-54 -- The cold war industry and the transition to aerospace -- Aerospace and defense converge -- The advanced-technology era -- An industry under stress -- The 1980s and beyond -- Uncertainty after the cold war.
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| Subjects | Aerospace industries -- United States -- History.
Aircraft industry -- United States -- History.
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| LC Card Number | 97-45390 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: HD 9711 U6 P32
mq226056: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 136648] |
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