American History

The Airplane in American Culture edited by Dominick A. Pisano

Mirage by Cynthia Barnett

The Airplane in American Culture

Dominick A. Pisano, Editor

Rights: World
For more info, contact Michael Kehoe at mkehoe@umich.edu

The Airplane in American Culture explores the story of America's relationship with the airplane, from the first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 to the present, offering engaging and unique interpretations of the airplane's history in the United States. The distinguished contributors cover a range of topics, including the connections between flying, race and gender, aviation's role in forming perceptions of the landscape, its influence on literature and art, and its significance to the culture of war.

Like no other book before it, The Airplane in American Culture places the airplane in its full social, cultural, and interdisciplinary context.

Editor Dominick A. Pisano is Curator of the Aeronautics Department at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

October 2003
408 pages

Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.

Cynthia Barnett

Rights: World
For more info, contact Michael Kehoe at mkehoe@umich.edu

Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. is the story of how one of the wettest places in American is draining itself dry. Florida's parched swamps and sprawling subdivisions set the stage for a look at water crisis throughout the American East, from water-diversion threats in the Great Lakes to tapped-out freshwater aquifers along the Atlantic seaboard.

Part investigative journalism, park environmental history, Mirage shows how the eastern half of the nation—historically so wet that early settlers predicted it would never even need irrigation—has squandered so much of its abundant water that it now faces shortages and conflicts once unique to the arid West.

Cynthia Barnett writes for Florida Trend magazine, where she covers investigative, environmental, public policy, and business stories. Her numerous journalism awards include three investigative-reporting prizes in the Green Eyeshades, which recognize the best journalism in 11 southeastern states.

April 2007
248 pages