{"product_id":"aerial-life-9781405182621","title":"Aerial Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407913460055,"sku":"9781405182621","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405182621.jpg?v=1730500939","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aerial-life-9781405182621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}