Mexican Icarus: Aviation and the Modernization of Mexican Identity, 1928-1960 eBook

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The development of aviation in Mexico reflected more than a pragmatic response to the material challenges brought on by the 1910 Revolution. It was also an effective symbol for promoting the aspirations of the new elite who attained prominence during the war and who fixated on technology as a measure of national progress. The politicians, industrialists, and cultural influencers in the media who made up this group molded the aviator into an avatar of modern citizenship. The figure of the pilot as a model citizen proved an adept vessel for disseminating the values championed by the official party of the Revolution and validating the technological determinism that underpinned its philosophy of development. At the same time, the archetype of the aviator camouflaged problematic aspects of the government’s unification and development plans that displaced and exploited poor and Indigenous communities.

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Mexican Icarus: Aviation and the Modernization of Mexican Identity, 1928-1960 is written by Peter B. Soland and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Mexican Icarus are 9780822989660, 0822989662 and the print ISBNs are 9780822947608, 0822947609.