THE CHOSEN INSTRUMENT? RECONSIDERING THE EARLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
During the late I920s and early 1930s, Pan American Airways became known as the U.S. “chosen instrument” for international commercial aviation. Most scholarly work about the U.S. government/Pan Am relationship presents the airline as the government’s instrument. This article challenges this traditi...
Main Author: | Erik Benson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Economic & Business History Society
2004-06-01
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Series: | Essays in Economic and Business History |
Online Access: | http://ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/129 |
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