Aircraft Picture Postcards as a Tool for Influence Through Images

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Daniel Martel

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Article

Abstract

[First paragraph]

The era in which we live at the turn of the millennium is defined by most scholars -- depending on their specialisation -- as the era of worldwide economic integration, adoption of technologies of western origins, internal harmonization of institutions and working procedures, and cultural standardization. The roots of this can be traced back to the Renaissance, as well as the industrial revolutions and economic liberalism. Their driving forces are successful economic transactions and permanent innovation. According to this worldview, the ultimate goal of any such activity is the optimised individual situation of any human being or economic agent. Western military technology has taken the worldwide lead since the 16th century (Held, Mc Grew et al., 2000: 104-107). During the 19th, industrial and economic principles became the paradigmatic reference throughout the globe (Mc Clellan and Dorn, 1999).

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Martel, Daniel. "Aircraft Picture Postcards as a Tool for Influence Through Images." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 4, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1–42. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol4/iss1/7