ISBN: 0801867347

Whenever the airship flew over a village, or whenever she flew over a lonely field on which some peasants were working, a tremendous shout of joy rose up in the air towards Count Zeppelin… Mehr…

Whenever the airship flew over a village, or whenever she flew over a lonely field on which some peasants were working, a tremendous shout of joy rose up in the air towards Count Zeppelin's miracle ship which, in the imagination of all who saw her, suggested some supernatural creature." As this paean to the Zeppelin from an early-20th-century issue of the German newspaper Thüringer Zeitung makes clear, the airship inspired a unique sense of awe. These phenomenal rigid, lighter-than-air craft?the invention of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917)?approached the size of a small village. Although they moved slowly, there was no mistaking their exciting?or ominous?potential. Friends of the machine believed that it would revolutionize commerce, carry scientists to otherwise inaccessible places, and deliver bombs with great accuracy. Before the airplane proved its reliability and superior practicality?and before the fiery crash of the Hindenburg in 1937?Zeppelins made a deep impression on the minds of Europeans, especially in Germany.In Zeppelin! Guillaume de Syon offers a captivating history of this technological wonder, from development and production to its impact on German culture and society. De Syon chronicles the various ways in which the airships were used?transport, war, exploration, and propaganda?and details the attempts by successive German governments?autocratic, democratic, fascist? to co-opt Count Zeppelin's invention. Between 1900 a aerospace,aviation,biographies,engineering,europe,germany,history,history and philosophy,professionals and academics,science Biographies, Johns Hopkins University Press<

2001, ISBN: 9780801867347

Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0801867347 . Spot of soiling to outside edge of text block near bottom corner. A Good Read ships fro… Mehr…

Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0801867347 . Spot of soiling to outside edge of text block near bottom corner. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches; 312 pages ., Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001<

ISBN: 9780801867347

de Syon offers a captivating history of this technological wonder, from development and production to its impact on German culture and society. Media > Book, [PU: Johns Hopkins University… Mehr…

de Syon offers a captivating history of this technological wonder, from development and production to its impact on German culture and society. Media > Book, [PU: Johns Hopkins University Press]<

ISBN: 9780801867347

de Syon offers a captivating history of this technological wonder, from development and production to its impact on German culture and society. Media > Book, [PU: Johns Hopkins University… Mehr…

de Syon offers a captivating history of this technological wonder, from development and production to its impact on German culture and society. Media > Book, [PU: Johns Hopkins University Press]<