Airspaces [electronic resource]

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Annotation <div>As mass air transport shrinks the world and requires airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities, this book argues that airspace &#8211; that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel &#8211; must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map of our age.<br /><br />At the hub of this exclusive enclave, which rises from the runway to an altitude of several thousand feet and which calmly accommodates the dangers of take-off and landing procedures, lies the airport &#8211; the concrete manifestation of airspace. The airport is a locale of anxiety and chance where, in order to expedite air traffic, authority is absolute, time is relative and liberties are always taken.<br /><br />David Pascoe's wide-ranging book blends personal observation with detailed discussions of social history, air accidents, landscape, architecture, politics, aesthetics, literature and film to provide a striking account of the airport as a unique space and singular form of modernity, a place fundamental to any accurate sense of what we are now, and where we are going.<br /><br />"eclectic and intelligent ... a thought-provoking analysis"&#8212;<i>Financial Times</i><br /><br />"the scope of Mr Pascoe&#8217;s rumination is impressive"&#8212;<i>The Economist</i></div>

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