Inclui bibliografia e índice.

Beginnings -- The industrial revolution -- The railroads -- The industrial age and the rise of unionism -- The beginnings of flight -- Preiude to powered flight -- The wright brothers -- Glenn curtiss -- World War I, NACA, and the end of the wright patent litigation -- Airmall story -- Horsepower -- The privatization of airmail -- The founding of the airlines -- New deal - the roosevelt administration -- State of the airlines before the civil aeronautics act -- The cicil aeronautics act of 1938 (McCarran-Lea act) -- World War II -- A new beginning -- On the way to the jet age -- The federal aviation act -- The next jets -- The department of transportation -- Airports -- Prelude to deregulation -- The airline deregulation act of 1978 -- The age of Lorenzo -- Carl Icahn and TWA -- Pan American and deregulation -- Airline labor relations -- The progression of deregulation -- Deregulation and the significance of competition -- Antitrust enforcement after deregulation -- Airports and deregulation -- Airports and the environment -- Airlines in the 21st Century -- Something new under the sun: Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), the National Airspace System, and Unmanned Air Vehicles -- Treaties and international civil aviation organizations -- Europe after World War II - the rise of the European economic community -- American deregulation and the European Union -- Global deregulation takes off -- Beyond earth.

O livro narra o envolvimento do governo na evolução do transporte aéreo, incluindo a menção de envolvimento precoce do governo em modos de transporte anteriores, como as indústrias marítima e ferroviária, que formaram a base da aviação.

LAWRENCE, Harry. Aviation & the role of government. 3rd ed. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 2015.