{"product_id":"aerial-life-spaces-mobilities-affects-hardback-9781405182621","title":"Aerial Life; Spaces, Mobilities, Affects (Hardback) 9781405182621","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAerial Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSpaces, Mobilities, Affects\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Adey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405182621, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 May 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.3 x 2.2 cm, 0.572 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e''Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.'\u003cbr\u003e —Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa  \u003cp\u003e‘By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial.’\u003cbr\u003e —Stephen Graham, Newcastle University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011!\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an original theory that our societies are aerial societies, or 'aerealities', and shows how we are both enabled and threatened by aerial mobility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a series of detailed international case studies which map the history of aviation over the past century - from the promises of early flight, to World War II bombing campaigns, and to the rise of international terrorism today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the transformational capacity of air transport to shape societies, bodies and individual identities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers startling historical evidence and bold new ideas about how the social and material spaces of the aeroplane are considered in the modern era\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAerial Life 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePowering Up Aerial Geographies 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Organization of the Book 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Becoming Aerial 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Birth of the Aerial Body 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginnings 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Handsome Is as Handsome Does’: Disassembling the Aerial Body 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Flesh of the Aerial Youth 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimulation 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Projection and Performance of Airspace 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding a Political Space: Identity, Boundedness and the Sanctity of Territory 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUndoing Aerial Space: Post-nationalism and Projective Power 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Governing Aerial Life 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Aerial Views: Bodies, Borders and Biopolitics 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing the Wood for the Trees: Targeting, Administering and Managing Populations 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechniques of the Observer\/Observed 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree-Dimensional Vision 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Profiling Machines 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining the Pilot\/Passenger 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSorting 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModifying 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Aerial Aggression 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Aerial Environments 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of a Target 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystems, Circulations and Ecological Warfare 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAir Conditioning 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Subjects under Siege 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWarning 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anatomy of Panic 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImaginations and Urgencies 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVigilance and the Social as Circuit 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntrainment 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Conclusion 206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironments 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFutures 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAerial Turns 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 255\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437789278488,"sku":"9781405182621","price":56.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405182621.jpg?v=1784940509","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/aerial-life-spaces-mobilities-affects-hardback-9781405182621","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}