{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4240802172","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60","title":"Empire of the Air","display_name":"Empire of the Air","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-10-23","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4240802172","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463363","display_name":"Harvard University Press eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315711","host_organization_name":"Harvard University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315711","https://openalex.org/P4310316284"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Harvard University Press","Harvard University"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"monograph"},"volume":null,"type":"book","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5003063084","display_name":"Jenifer Van Vleck","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jenifer Van Vleck","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5003063084"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5544,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":58,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.88220676,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14116","display_name":"Aviation History and Innovations","score":0.9185000061988831,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14116","display_name":"Aviation History and Innovations","score":0.9185000061988831,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13025","display_name":"American History and Culture","score":0.012799999676644802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1406","display_name":"Marketing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10053","display_name":"International Relations and Foreign Policy","score":0.011699999682605267,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/commercial-aviation","display_name":"commercial aviation","score":0.9570000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/american-century","display_name":"American Century","score":0.734000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/united-states-global-dominance","display_name":"United States global dominance","score":0.5770000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/air-transport","display_name":"airline industry","score":0.527999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pan-american-airways","display_name":"Pan American World Airways","score":0.781000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/air-travel-history","display_name":"air travel history","score":0.3659999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/globalization","display_name":"globalization","score":0.3310000002384186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/american-empire","display_name":"American empire","score":0.3050000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/foreign-airlines","display_name":"foreign air carriers","score":0.5640000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/20th-century","display_name":"20th century","score":0.39500001072883606}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778495208","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48349","display_name":"Empire","level":2,"score":0.8279545307159424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74448152","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765633","display_name":"Aviation","level":2,"score":0.6793205738067627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775899829","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109007","display_name":"Globe","level":2,"score":0.5778422355651855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6303427","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47398","display_name":"Economic history","level":1,"score":0.4993324279785156},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.478861540555954},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.47567859292030334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.46683016419410706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206619068","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6457238","display_name":"World history","level":2,"score":0.4546932578086853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.391124963760376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.36533263325691223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.34153980016708374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.2162485122680664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.21352562308311462},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.1982710361480713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118487528","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161437","display_name":"Ophthalmology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wpp60","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463363","display_name":"Harvard University Press eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315711","host_organization_name":"Harvard University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315711","https://openalex.org/P4310316284"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Harvard University Press","Harvard University"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"monograph"},{"id":"doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674726246","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726246","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726246","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463363","display_name":"Harvard University Press eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315711","host_organization_name":"Harvard University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315711","https://openalex.org/P4310316284"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Harvard University Press","Harvard University"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"edited-book"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W635293909","https://openalex.org/W2500300942","https://openalex.org/W2008329894","https://openalex.org/W2082424785","https://openalex.org/W7074571161","https://openalex.org/W2011780490","https://openalex.org/W2110455729","https://openalex.org/W2479025373","https://openalex.org/W2805404504","https://openalex.org/W658036855"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Jenifer":[0],"Van":[1],"Vleck's":[2],"fascinating":[3],"history":[4,174],"reveals":[5],"the":[6,13,21,31,36,44,49,52,56,67,70,87,121,125,134,140,148,164,173,181,190,195],"central":[7],"role":[8],"commercial":[9,176],"aviation":[10,37,166,177],"played":[11],"in":[12,20],"United":[14,71],"States'":[15],"ascent":[16],"to":[17,39,47,55,65,112,130,179],"global":[18,88,161],"preeminence":[19],"twentieth":[22],"century.":[23],"As":[24,84],"U.S.":[25,91],"military":[26],"and":[27,46,60,99,108,138,154,163,192],"economic":[28],"influence":[29],"grew,":[30],"federal":[32],"government":[33],"partnered":[34],"with":[35],"industry":[38,167],"deliver":[40],"American":[41,77,184,196],"power":[42],"across":[43],"globe":[45],"sell":[48],"idea":[50],"of":[51,69,90,117,120,124,136,145,160,175,183,194],"\"American":[53],"Century\"":[54],"public":[57],"at":[58],"home":[59],"abroad.":[61],"The":[62],"airplane":[63],"promised":[64,111],"extend":[66],"frontiers":[68],"States":[72],"\"to":[73],"infinity,\"":[74],"as":[75,172],"Pan":[76],"World":[78],"Airways":[79],"president":[80],"Juan":[81],"Trippe":[82],"said.":[83],"it":[85],"accelerated":[86],"circulation":[89],"capital,":[92],"consumer":[93],"goods,":[94],"technologies,":[95],"weapons,":[96],"popular":[97],"culture,":[98],"expertise,":[100],"few":[101],"places":[102],"remained":[103],"distant":[104],"from":[105],"Wall":[106],"Street":[107],"Washington.":[109],"Aviation":[110],"secure":[113],"a":[114],"new":[115],"type":[116],"empire--an":[118],"empire":[119],"air":[122],"instead":[123],"land,":[126],"which":[127],"emphasized":[128],"access":[129],"markets":[131],"rather":[132],"than":[133],"conquest":[135],"territory":[137],"made":[139],"entire":[141],"world":[142],"America's":[143,158],"sphere":[144],"influence.":[146],"By":[147],"late":[149],"1960s,":[150],"however,":[151],"foreign":[152],"airlines":[153],"governments":[155],"were":[156],"challenging":[157],"control":[159],"airways,":[162],"domestic":[165],"hit":[168],"turbulent":[169],"times.":[170],"Just":[171],"helps":[178],"explain":[180],"ascendance":[182],"power,":[185],"its":[186],"subsequent":[187],"challenges":[188],"reflect":[189],"limits":[191],"contradictions":[193],"Century.":[197]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2022-05-12T00:00:00"}