num_pages: 227
description: The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz of boffins flying machines amateur inventors and muddling through. In England and the Aeroplane David Edgerton reverses received wisdom showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology industry empire and military power.In a revelatory recounting of the story of aeronautical England from its politics to its industry and culture David Edgerton reconfigures some of the most important chapters of our history.
language: English
title: England and the Aeroplane: Militarism, Modernity and Machines
publisher: Penguin