The Social Effects of Aviation
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vi, 755, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. Library binding. Some pencil marks noted. William Fielding Ogburn (June 29, 1886 – April 27, 1959) was an American sociologist. He was also a statistician and an educator. Ogburn received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. He was a professor of sociology at Columbia from 1919 until 1927, when he became chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Chicago. He served as the president of American Sociological Society in 1929. He was the editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association from 1920 to 1926. In 1931, he was elected as the president of American Statistical Association, which also elected him as a Fellow in 1920. He was also known for his idea of "culture lag" in society's adjustment to technological and other changes. He played a pivotal role in producing the groundbreaking Recent Social Trends during his research directorship of President Herbert Hoover's Committee on Social Trends from 1930 to 1933. He was one of the most prolific sociologists of his time, with 175 articles under his name. The present volume is concerned with the problem of predicting the social effects of aviation in the modern world. It is based on the thesis that inventions, such as the railroad, the automobile, or the airplane, make certain changes in customs and social institutions. The invention comes first and the social effects follow. A new invention is a very common upsetter of plans. The author contended that the statistical evidence was strong that the use of the airplane would be widespread in the postwar world. The question of how far the results of aviation on our society will be inevitable and how far they will be controllable involves the philosophic question of free will versus determinism. The following chapters, as they consider the conditions of each particular effect, will illustrate a relative freedom of choice which is man's to exercise. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Technological Change, Transportation, Aviation, Social Effects, Invention, Innovation, Private Flying, Air Routes, International Travel, Air Cargo, Air Passenger, Airports, Civil Aeronautics, Curtis-Wright, Crop Dusting, Health Effects Helicopters, A
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