bokomslag Mexican Icarus
Historia

Mexican Icarus

Peter B Soland

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  • 256 sidor
  • 2024
The development of aviation in Mexico reflected more than a pragmatic response to the material challenges brought on by the 1910 Revolution. It was also an effective symbol for promoting the aspirations of the new elite who attained prominence during the war and who fixated on technology as a measure of national progress. The politicians, industrialists, and cultural influencers in the media who made up this group molded the aviator into an avatar of modern citizenship. The figure of the pilot as a model citizen proved an adept vessel for disseminating the values championed by the official party of the Revolution and validating the technological determinism that underpinned its philosophy of development. At the same time, the archetype of the aviator camouflaged problematic aspects of the governments unification and development plans that displaced and exploited poor and Indigenous communities.
  • Författare: Peter B Soland
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780822947608
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-01-31
  • Förlag: University of Pittsburgh Press