Frontiers for the American Century: Outer Space, Antarctica, and Cold War Nationalism
Author:   James Spiller
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
ISBN:  

9781137507860


Pages:   269
Publication Date:   29 September 2015
Format:   Hardback
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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.

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Author:   James Spiller
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.581kg
ISBN:  

9781137507860


ISBN 10:   1137507861
Pages:   269
Publication Date:   29 September 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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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)


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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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