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Mexican Icarus
Aviation and the Modernization of Mexican Identity, 1928-1960
- 256 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
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 government's unification and development plans that displaced and exploited poor and Indigenous communities.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Aviation, Mythologized
- Chapter 1. Revolution in the Air: Background and Context
- Chapter 2. From Taxi to Takeoff: The Civil Aviation Network during National Reconstruction
- Chapter 3. Mexican Icarus: The Goodwill Flyer as a Cultural Icon
- Chapter 4. Cardenismo and the Conquistador del Cielo: Civil Aviation, 1934–1940
- Chapter 5. Águilas Aztecas and Avilacamachismo: Aviation during World War II
- Chapter 6. Aviation, Institutionalized: The Postwar Era, 1946–1960
- Conclusion. Aviation, Then and Now
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index