Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-197) and index.

From enthusiasm to expertise : aerial vision from before the airplane to the aftermath of World War I -- The politics of spatial form : aerial photography in social scientific research, architecture, and urban planning, 1920s-1930s -- The opportunity of war -- Modeling the social and the spatial : "social space" in postwar French social scientific research -- From distanced observation to active participation : social space, participatory planning, and the demise of vision in 1960s France.