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 : |
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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. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Space sciences |
General |
Social aspects |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Science and civilization |
ADDED ENTRY |
Name |
Dickens, Peter, |
Dates |
1940-, |
Role |
Edited by |
ADDED ENTRY |
Name |
Ormrod, James S., |
Dates |
1980-, |
Role |
Edited by |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/hr2kmthkd4epqcao1tdrww6n0qpur9lb |
Public note |
Location Map |
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