Course Materials for CHID 496F

CHID 496: The Societal Impact of the Past Present and Future of Aviation

Spring 2007

Instructor: Ryan Evans

Course Reader Contents:

The Beginnings of Aviation and how it captivated the world

Corn Joseph J. The Winged Gospel America’s Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. (p.3-27)

24pages

The heart of the social view of aviation as a wonder between 1900 to 1940 and how that dream withered away with the end of the world war and the beginning of the 1950’s

Corn Joseph J. The Winged Gospel America’s Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. (p.135-147)

12pages

The world of the first military aces and Germany’s treatment of these new war hero’s of the sky.

Peter Fritzsche, A Nation of Fliers. German Aviation and the Popular Imagination. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. (p.82-98)

16pages

Grant, Rebecca. The Dresden Legend. The Airforce Magazine Online. www.afa.org/magazine/oct2004/1004dresden.asp October 2004 Vol 87, NO.10

Montgomery, Jeff. Aerospace: The Journey of Flight. Civil Air Patrol. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. 2000.

(p.159-165)

(p.339-344)

(113-122/128-154)

11pages

32 pages