Download or read book England and the Aeroplane written by David Edgerton and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated edition of this account of the strange mixture of romanticism, militarism and technology that has made the aeroplane so important to England. It is re-published in the light of the success of Edgerton's successful }Britain's War Machine{. The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz, of boffins, flying machines, amateur inventors and muddling through. In 'England and the Aeroplane' David Edgerton reverses received wisdom, showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology, industry, empire and military power. In a revelatory recounting of the story of aeronautical England, from its politics to its industry and culture, David Edgerton reconfigures some of the most important chapters of England's history