TY - BOOK ID - 77924032 TI - America's airports : airfield development, 1918-1947 PY - 2001 SN - 1585449288 9781585449286 1585441309 9781585441303 PB - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Airports KW - Urban renewal KW - Business & Economics KW - Transportation Economics KW - Model cities KW - Renewal, Urban KW - Urban redevelopment KW - Urban renewal projects KW - City planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Urban policy KW - Aerodromes KW - Air fields KW - Air parks KW - Air ports KW - Airdromes KW - Airfields KW - Airparks KW - Aeronautics KW - History KW - Design and construction UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77924032 AB - "Chicago-O'Hare, DFW, LAX, New York-La Guardia. Across the country, Americans take for granted the convenience of air flight from one city to another. The federal role in managing air traffic and the cooperative corporate planning of major airlines mask to some degree the fact that those airports are not jointly owned or managed, but rather are local public responsibilities." "In this history of the places that travelers in cities across America call "the" airport, Janet R. Daly Bednarek traces the evolving relationship between cities and their airports during the crucial formative years of 1917-47"--Jacket. ER -