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Author Seyer, Sean, 1979- author.

Title Sovereign skies : the origins of American Civil Aviation Policy / Sean Seyer
Published Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 299 pages) : illustrations
Series Hagley library studies in business, technology, and politics
Hagley library studies in business, technology, and politics.
Contents Where does the regulatory power lie? Transportation and federalism before World War I -- World War I and the internationalization of American aviation policy -- Debating the administrative framework for federal control -- The struggle for legislation -- The need for regulatory compatibility -- Shattered expectations : an air convention for the western hemisphere
Summary Filling a major gap in the historiography of aviation, it will be of interest to readers of aviation, diplomatic, and legal history, as well as regulatory policy and American political development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject United States. Air Commerce Act.
SUBJECT Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation (1919 October 13) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95046110
Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation (1919 October 13) fast
Air Commerce Act (United States) fast
Subject Aeronautics and state -- United States
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Government policy -- United States -- History
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
Aeronautics and state -- United States -- History
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Law and legislation
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Government policy
Aeronautics and state
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421440545
1421440547