{"product_id":"airspaces-david-pascoe-9781861890900","title":"Airspaces","description":"As mass air transport shrinks the world and requires airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities, this book argues that airspace - that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel - must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map of our age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the hub of this exclusive enclave, which rises from the runway to an altitude of several thousand feet and which calmly accommodates the dangers of take-off and landing procedures, lies the airport - the concrete manifestation of airspace. The airport is a locale of anxiety and chance where, in order to expedite air traffic, authority is absolute, time is relative and liberties are always taken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Pascoe's wide-ranging book blends personal observation with detailed discussions of social history, air accidents, landscape, architecture, politics, aesthetics, literature and film to provide a striking account of the airport as a unique space and singular form of modernity, a place fundamental to any accurate sense of what we are now, and where we are going. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"eclectic and intelligent ... a thought-provoking analysis\"--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"the scope of Mr Pascoe's rumination is impressive\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Pascoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861890907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861890900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.15w x 0.79d","brand":"David Pascoe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448007864575,"sku":"9781861890900","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6c870ca-8778-4c00-b122-6143705cad4d.jpg?v=1777236274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/airspaces-david-pascoe-9781861890900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}