Technology and civil aviation: How popular attitudes and government policies shaped civil aviation and the air cargo industry from the early years of aviation through the jet age
As popular attitudes surrounding the place of a particular type of technology evolve, they spark advances and innovation as the technology grows in acceptance and use. This, in turn, attracts the attention of government interests. Agreeing on the technology's usefulness and rightful place in ad...
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As popular attitudes surrounding the place of a particular type of technology evolve, they spark advances and innovation as the technology grows in acceptance and use. This, in turn, attracts the attention of government interests. Agreeing on the technology's usefulness and rightful place in advancing the nation's welfare, government policies and regulation seek to encourage its optimum growth and reduce any perceived negative knock-on effects. These external forces influence the direction that technological innovation takes in a given space. Concurrently, the byproduct of such external forces is an adapting technology which itself exerts its due level of influence in the next wave of popular attitudes and government policies concerning it. The relationship between civil aviation and air cargo operations in the United States and the popular attitudes and government policies surrounding this space is one example of such a phenomenon. More specifically, that the prevailing level of civil aviation technology from 1903 to 1955 was a function of: (1) prevailing popular attitudes and (2) government policies (e.g. domestic U.S. and foreign government policies)themselves influenced by the technological advances in the field. Rather than offer an exhaustive account of the forces shaping civil aviation, this thesis offers a thoughtful analysis of the context in which aviation technology developed in the United States in order to better understand the interplay between these forces and the technological advances they inspired. This work traces the development of popular attitudes from a variety of perspectives, U.S. legislative efforts (e.g. Air Mail Act of 1925, Air Commerce Act of 1926, Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938), and international law (e.g. Warsaw Convention of 1929, Hague Protocol of 1955) as they relate to the advances made in civil aviation and air cargo. This is buttressed by a survey of selected technological changes over this period. Finally, the thesis conc === Au fur et a mesure que les attitudes populaires entourant un certain type de technologie évoluent et que cette industrie croit and approbation et utilisation, elles provoquent des étincelles de progrès et d'innovation dans ce secteur. Ceci, à son tour, attire l'attention des intérêts du gouvernement. Constatant l'utilité de cette technologie et de sa place légitime dans l'avancement du bien-être de la nation, les politiques et réglementations gouvernementales visent à stimuler sa croissance optimale et a réduire la perception négative de tout effet secondaire. Ces forces externes influencent la direction que prend l'innovation technologique dans un espace donné. Parallèlement, le sous-produit de telles forces est une technologie qui s'adapte et déploie son dû niveau d'influence dans la future vague d'attitudes populaires àvenir et les politiques gouvernementales le concernant. La relation entre l'aviation civile, les opérations de fret aérien aux Etats-Unis et les attitudes populaires jointes aux politiques gouvernementales encadrant cet espace est un exemple d'un tel phénomène. Plus précisément, que le niveau dominant la technologie de l'aviation civile de 1903 à 1955 a été une fonction : (1) des attitudes populaires dominantes et (2) des politiques gouvernementales (par exemple politiques nationales des États-Unis et politiques gouvernementales internationales) -elles mêmes influencées par les progrès technologiques dans ce domaine. Plutôt que d'offrir un compte rendu exhaustif des forces qui façonnent l'aviation civile, cette thèse propose une analyse approfondie du contexte dans lequel la technologie s'est développée dans l'aviation des États-Unis afin de mieux comprendre l'interaction entre ces forces et les avancées technologiques qu'elles ont inspiré. Cet ouvrage retrace l'évolution des attitudes populaires à partir d'une variété de perspectives, les efforts de la législation américaine (p.e. Air Mail Act$ |
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Technology and civil aviation: How popular attitudes and government policies shaped civil aviation and the air cargo industry from the early years of aviation through the jet age |
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ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.951792014-02-13T03:48:17ZTechnology and civil aviation: How popular attitudes and government policies shaped civil aviation and the air cargo industry from the early years of aviation through the jet ageLycos, PaulSocial Sciences - LawAs popular attitudes surrounding the place of a particular type of technology evolve, they spark advances and innovation as the technology grows in acceptance and use. This, in turn, attracts the attention of government interests. Agreeing on the technology's usefulness and rightful place in advancing the nation's welfare, government policies and regulation seek to encourage its optimum growth and reduce any perceived negative knock-on effects. These external forces influence the direction that technological innovation takes in a given space. Concurrently, the byproduct of such external forces is an adapting technology which itself exerts its due level of influence in the next wave of popular attitudes and government policies concerning it. The relationship between civil aviation and air cargo operations in the United States and the popular attitudes and government policies surrounding this space is one example of such a phenomenon. More specifically, that the prevailing level of civil aviation technology from 1903 to 1955 was a function of: (1) prevailing popular attitudes and (2) government policies (e.g. domestic U.S. and foreign government policies)themselves influenced by the technological advances in the field. Rather than offer an exhaustive account of the forces shaping civil aviation, this thesis offers a thoughtful analysis of the context in which aviation technology developed in the United States in order to better understand the interplay between these forces and the technological advances they inspired. This work traces the development of popular attitudes from a variety of perspectives, U.S. legislative efforts (e.g. Air Mail Act of 1925, Air Commerce Act of 1926, Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938), and international law (e.g. Warsaw Convention of 1929, Hague Protocol of 1955) as they relate to the advances made in civil aviation and air cargo. This is buttressed by a survey of selected technological changes over this period. Finally, the thesis concAu fur et a mesure que les attitudes populaires entourant un certain type de technologie évoluent et que cette industrie croit and approbation et utilisation, elles provoquent des étincelles de progrès et d'innovation dans ce secteur. Ceci, à son tour, attire l'attention des intérêts du gouvernement. Constatant l'utilité de cette technologie et de sa place légitime dans l'avancement du bien-être de la nation, les politiques et réglementations gouvernementales visent à stimuler sa croissance optimale et a réduire la perception négative de tout effet secondaire. Ces forces externes influencent la direction que prend l'innovation technologique dans un espace donné. Parallèlement, le sous-produit de telles forces est une technologie qui s'adapte et déploie son dû niveau d'influence dans la future vague d'attitudes populaires àvenir et les politiques gouvernementales le concernant. La relation entre l'aviation civile, les opérations de fret aérien aux Etats-Unis et les attitudes populaires jointes aux politiques gouvernementales encadrant cet espace est un exemple d'un tel phénomène. Plus précisément, que le niveau dominant la technologie de l'aviation civile de 1903 à 1955 a été une fonction : (1) des attitudes populaires dominantes et (2) des politiques gouvernementales (par exemple politiques nationales des États-Unis et politiques gouvernementales internationales) -elles mêmes influencées par les progrès technologiques dans ce domaine. Plutôt que d'offrir un compte rendu exhaustif des forces qui façonnent l'aviation civile, cette thèse propose une analyse approfondie du contexte dans lequel la technologie s'est développée dans l'aviation des États-Unis afin de mieux comprendre l'interaction entre ces forces et les avancées technologiques qu'elles ont inspiré. Cet ouvrage retrace l'évolution des attitudes populaires à partir d'une variété de perspectives, les efforts de la législation américaine (p.e. Air Mail Act$McGill UniversityPierre-Emmanuel Moyse (Internal/Supervisor)2010Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenElectronically-submitted theses.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Master of Laws (Institute of Air and Space Law) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95179 |