by Anthony Sampson · Hodder & Stoughton · tapa dura · ISBN 9780340349311
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«Empires of the Sky» is Anthony Sampson's essay on airlines and power, published by Hodder & Stoughton in hardback (254 pages, in English).
The book starts with the imperial routes opened after the First World War and reaches the 1980s to show how the major airlines divided the sky: agreements, disputes and politics. It reveals who controlled companies such as British Airways, Pan Am or JAL and how the rise of Asian airlines made the sector more competitive.
The full subtitle is «The Politics, Contests, and Cartels of World Airlines». It was originally published in 1984. Includes bibliography and index.
For readers interested in the history of aviation, investigative journalism and corporate power dynamics.
Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson was a British writer and journalist. His most notable and successful book was Anatomy of Britain, which was published in 1962 and was followed by five more "Anatomies", updating the original book under various titles. He was the grandson of the linguist John Sampson, of whom he wrote a biography, The Scholar Gypsy: The Quest For A Family Secret (1997). He also gave Nelson Mandela advice on Mandela's famous 1964 defence speech at the trial which led to his conviction for life.
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