![]() ![]() He documents the "scientific management of the aerial subject" as a means "to reduce effort and wastage in order to increase speed and efficiency" (121). Adey explores the ways that the airplane creates new perspectives on these concerns. More contemporary material includes the processing and profiling of passengers in airports, aerial surveillance, and the psychology of "shock and awe." What ties all of these cases together are concerns over scrutiny, security, and terrorism. Mobility by Peter Adey - 9781138949010 Categories: Human Geography Sports Books Share Mobility 3.17 (6 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback Key Ideas in Geography English By (author) Peter Adey US48.95 Also available in Hardback US179.92 Free delivery worldwide Available. Using primarily British examples, Adey discusses several historical cases, such as aero medicine, airshows, the culture of the Air Training Corps, and bombing and defense strategies. The second, "Governing Aerial Life," examines forms of surveillance, while the third section is about violence, entitled "Aerial Aggression." The first, "Becoming Aerial," deals with embodiment and spectacle. ![]() Aerial Life has attracted significant attention: Political Geography has already published a review forum to assess Adey's contribution. This is undoubtedly an ambitious book, one in which Peter Adey attempts to flesh out some of the many aerial subjectivities that have developed over the last hundred-odd years of airplane flight. Peter Adey, Aerial Life: Spaces, Mobilities, Affects (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), xii + 283 pp., 22 illustrations, 2 tables, US$39.95 ![]()
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