Author: Ken MacLeodPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812577594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Science fiction-roman.
Author: T. C. CollocottWomen in British Imperial Airspace
Author: Liz MillwardPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773560513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The romance of flying the airways that developed above the British empire between the two world wars seduced young women with the promise of independence, glamour, and adventure.
Transforming the Skies
Author: Peter ReesePublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750987278
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Following the Armistice of 1918, the British Air Industry and the newly founded RAF held a low place in national priorities. The RAF was rapidly run down, with the infant airlines being given the least possible help, and this neglect continued during the 1920s. The RAF's role was questioned and civilian air travel remained a dream for most and the province of the well-heeled few. But the breakdown of the Geneva Disarmament Talks led to renewed interest in the National Air Force, and the rise of the European dictators brought calls for rapid modernisation and interceptor aircraft, together with the development of further European civilian air routes. Here, Peter Reese charts the dramatic changes that swept aviation across the dynamic interwar period, revealing the transformative last-minute preparations for defence in a world where much depended on the contributions of some outstanding individuals.
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Author: Queering the Moderns
Author: NA NAPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349629677
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In Queering the Moderns, Anne Herrmann revisits the narrative of literary modernism and the historical uses of the term "queer" to explore the emergence of identities specific to modernism. "Queer" in the modernist period (1910-1945) means "strange, odd, out of sorts" and although it begins to refer to those who are queer sexually, it does not yet police a hetero-homosexual divide. It means crossing boundaries in unexpected directions, across the Atlantic, across the color line, across literary conventions that dictate autobiographies can't be written by someone else. Six memoirs that rely on cross-gender and cross-racial identifications are discussed within their specific cultural contexts so that female aviators (Amelia Earhart and Beryl Markham), "lesbian" auto/biographers (Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein) and male auto-ethnographers (James Weldon Johnson and Earl Lind - Ralph Werther) begin to "queer" the traditional spaces of modernism.
The Road to the Spring
Author: James Perrin WarrenPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815652755
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Road to the Spring is the first book publication of Mary Austin’s (1868–1934) poems. Best known for her prose book The Land of Little Rain (1903), Austin was in fact a poet from the beginning of her career to the end, even though she never published a volume dedicated to her own original poetry. Instead, Austin’s work came to light in collections of poetry and in prestigious journals such as Poetry, the Nation, the Forum, Harper’s, and Saturday Review of Literature, among many others. The Road to the Spring contains more than 200 poems, most of which can only be found in out-of-print books, magazines, and periodicals, and her unpublished manuscripts archived at the Huntington Library. This singular publication includes her original work, poems she claimed to have written with her grammar school pupils at the end of the nineteenth century, and her translations and “re-expressions” of Native American songs, which often diverge greatly from any other known sources. Warren includes an introduction, laying out Austin’s place in American literature and situating her writings in feminist, environmentalist, regionalist, and Native American contexts. He also includes notes for those new to Austin’s work, glossing Native terms, geographical names, and the ethnological sources of the Native songs she re-creates.
Sisters of the Wind
Author: Elizabeth S. BellPublisher: Trilogy Publications
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Sisters of the Wind is an inspiring study of the writings of a group of daring aviation pioneers. These American and British women were trailblazers during the infancy of human flight. They explored, set records, and risked their lives for their dreams. Their accounts record experiences in a field not only unconventional for women, but often actively hostile. How they deal with these circumstances is highly revealing of both their personalities and the times.
A Passion for Speed
Author: Paul SmiddyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750985305
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
The Honourable Mrs Victor Bruce: record-breaking racing motorist; speedboat racer; pioneering aviator and businesswoman – remarkable achievements for a woman of the 1920s and '30s. Mildred Bruce enjoyed a privileged background that allowed her to search for thrills beyond the bounds of most female contemporaries. She raced against the greats at Brooklands, drove 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle and won the first ladies' prize at the Monte Carlo Rally. Whilst Amy Johnson was receiving global acclaim for her flight to Australia, Mildred learned to fly, and a mere eight weeks later she embarked on a round-the-world flight, becoming the first person to fly solo from the UK to Japan. Captured by brigands and feted by the Siamese, Japanese and Americans, she survived several crashes with body and spirit intact, and became a glittering aviation celebrity on her return. A thoroughly modern woman, she pushed similar boundaries in her unconventional love life and later became Britain's first female airline entrepreneur. This is the story of a charismatic woman who defied the conventions of her time, and loved living life in the fast lane.
