Table of Contents

Introduction: Cities, Airports and the Jet Age.- Part One.- Chapter One From 30,000 Feet: Airports and Aviation History Since 1945.- Chapter Two Closer to the Ground: Airport Ownership and Finance.- Part Two.- Chapter Three Response to the Jet Age: Federal-Local Interaction and the Shaping of the Aviation Landscape.- Chapter Four Airports for the “Jet Age”: Expansion, Iconic Architecture and Airport Malls.- Part Three.- Chapter Five The Broad Problem of Airport Noise: Airports, the Courts, the Federal Government, and the Environment.- Chapter Six Cities and Jet Noise: On the Ground and in the Air, How to Tame the Planes that Roared.- Part Four.- Chapter Seven Airport Security: Hijackers, Terrorists, Religious Groups and the Constitution.- Conclusion.

About the Author

Janet R. Bednarek is a professor of history at the University of Dayton, USA where she teaches classes in both urban and aviation history.  She is the author of several books including America’s Airports: Airfield Development Since 1918 as well as articles on American urban and transportation history.