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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-09 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Victoria Vantoch takes us on a fascinating journey into the golden era of air travel. The Jet Sex explores the much-mythologized stewardess within the context o
Come Fly the World
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Pages: 293
Authors: Julia Cooke
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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"A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--
Plane Queer
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Pages: 300
Authors: Phil Tiemeyer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-12 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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In this vibrant new history, Phil Tiemeyer details the history of men working as flight attendants. Beginning with the founding of the profession in the late 19
Femininity in Flight
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Kathleen Barry
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-28 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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'Femininity in Flight' considers flight attendants as cultural icons, looking at how attendants redeployed the 'glamourization' used to sell air travel to campa
Jet Age
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Sam Howe Verhovek
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-02 - Publisher: Penguin

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The captivating story of the titans, engineers, and pilots who raced to design a safe and lucrative passenger jet. In Jet Age, journalist Sam Howe Verhovek expl