Frontiers for the American Century : Outer Space, Antarctica, and Cold War Nationalism
1st ed. 2015
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1137507861
ISBN-13
9781137507860
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 29th, 2015
Print length
269 Pages
Weight
486 grams
Dimensions
14.90 x 22.30 x 2.10 cms
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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.
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.
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