Frontiers for the American Century

Outer Space, Antarctica, and Cold War Nationalism

AvJames Spiller

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

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Beskrivning

This book compares the cultural politics of the U.S. space and Antarctic programs during the Cold War. It analyzes how culturally salient terms, especially the nationalist motif of the frontier, were used to garner public support for these strategic initiatives and, more generally, United States internationalism during this period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-29
Mått:140 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt:486 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Antal sidor:269
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137507860

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Mer om författaren

James Spiller is Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, USA.

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“Frontiers for the American Century is a sophisticated, nuanced, and welcome study of the cultural politics of the U.S. space and Antarctic programs. … the book is a fascinating study of the complex and changing motif of the American frontier in the context of outer space and Antarctic exploration. … Spiller thus gives welcome fine structure to one of the overarching frameworks of the Space Age … .” (Steven J. Dick, Isis, Vol. 108 (1), March, 2017)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Polar Stars and Stellar Stripes 1.Rising to the Sputnik Challenge 2.The Space and Antarctic Frontiers 3.Antarctica and the Greening of America 4.The Tenacious Grip of the Space Frontier Conclusion: The End of American Frontier Nationality