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Author:

Spiller, James, 1967- author.

Title:

Frontiers for the American century : outer space, Antarctica, and Cold War nationalism / James Spiller.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 269 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History.
United States Antarctic Program--History.
Outer space--History--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.
Antarctica--History--American--History--20th century.
Antarctica--History--History--20th century.
Science and state--United States--History--20th century.
Nationalism--United States--History--20th century.
Cold War--Political aspects--United States.
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
Scientific expeditions--History--20th century.
HISTORY--Europe--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
HISTORY--20th Century.--20th Century.
SCIENCE--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

"Frontiers for the American Century 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"-- Provided by publisher.
"Space and Antarctic exploration were the most dramatic endeavors of the Cold War. Employing the latest science and technology to explore the remaining frontiers, these programs were designed to stimulate an American century of freedom and prosperity for humankind. However, these programs came to represent distinctive aspects of the ideal U.S. leadership of the 'Free World.' Frontiers for the American Century : Outer Space, Antarctica, and Cold War Nationalism by James Spiller explores the cultural politics, nationalism, and history that led these programs to different paths of celestial pioneering and environmental guardianship"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology

ISBN:

1137507861
9781137507860

OCLC:

(OCoLC)922639556

LCCN:

2015013121

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)