The Palgrave handbook of society, culture and outer space (Record no. 29493)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2015026458
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781137363510
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 303.48/3
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Palgrave handbook of society, culture and outer space
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Peter Dickens, James S. Ormrod
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
-- New York, NY :
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan,
Date c2016.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 480 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 25 cm.
GENERAL NOTE
General note Palgrave handbooks
CONTENTS
Contents 1.Introduction. The Production of Outer Space; Peter Dickens and James S. Ormrod 2. Terrestrial Geographies in and of Outer Space; Jason Beery 3. Capitalism, Class and the Cosmos; Peter Dickens 4. Satellite Surveillance and Outer Space Capitalism: The Case of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates; Jocelyn Wills 5. The Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space; Nayef Al-Rodhan 6. Cosmofeminism: Challenging Patriarchy in Outer Space; Chris Pesterfield 7. Dialectics, Society and Cosmology; Peter Mason 8. Narrating the Universe; Felicity Mellor 9. The Social Impacts of Space Science; Mark R. Johnson 10. Res Communis?: A Critical Legal Geography of Outer Space, Antarctica, and the Deep Seabed; Christy Collis 11. Snared Suns and Liberated Moons: Decoding Cryptic 'Astronomies' in Indigenous Cultures; Lionel Sims 12. Contemporary Cosmologies, Critical Re-Imaginings; Allen Abramson and Martin Holbraad 13. The Whiteness of Cinematic Outer Space; Sean Redmond 14. Seeking the Galactic Club: Fred Hoyle, Carl Sagan and the C/SETI Novell; De Witt Douglas Kilgore 15. Space Activism: A Psychosocial Approach; James S. Ormrod 16. Transmissions from the Noosphere: Contemporary Art and Outer Space; Nicola Triscott 17. Conclusion: The Future of Outer Space; Peter Dickens and James S. Ormrod
SUMMARY
Summary Bringing together scholarship from across the social sciences and humanities, this handbook critically examines the relationship between society and outer space, exploring the history, present and future of outer space and the place of humans within it.
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Topical Heading Space sciences
General Social aspects
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Topical Heading Science and civilization
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Name Dickens, Peter,
Dates 1940-,
Role Edited by
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Name Ormrod, James S.,
Dates 1980-,
Role Edited by
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Holdings
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        University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 2016-09-04 Friendship bookshop 303.483 PA LG T0054636 2017-01-26 925.00 2017-01-26 REGULAR

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