Sovereign Skies: The Origins of American Civil Aviation Policy

by Sean Seyer

A pathbreaking history of the regulatory foundations of America's twentieth-century aerial preeminence.

Today, the federal government possesses unparalleled authority over the atmosphere of the United States. Yet when the Wright Brothers inaugurated the air age on December 17, 1903, the sky was an unregulated frontier. As increasing numbers of aircraft threatened public safety in subsequent decades and World War I accentuated national...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421440539
• ISBN13: 9781421440538
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"