Print version: Van der Linden, F. Robert. Airlines and air mail : the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2002] xv, 349 pages ; 24 cm ISBN 9780813122199
Includes bibliographical references and index
Foundations -- The birth of an industry -- The aviation industry comes of age -- Consolidation -- 1929 : calm before the storm -- The post office takes charge -- The Watres Act -- Realignment -- Drawing a new map -- Reaction -- Cord and Congress -- The Democrats take control -- Congress assumes command.