Author: Gordon Fraser
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812252926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Star Territory Gordon Fraser charts how the project of rationalizing the cosmos enabled the nineteenth-century expansion of U.S. territory and explores the alternative and resistant cosmologies of free and enslaved Blacks and indigenous peoples.
Star Territory
Author: Gordon Fraser
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812252926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Star Territory Gordon Fraser charts how the project of rationalizing the cosmos enabled the nineteenth-century expansion of U.S. territory and explores the alternative and resistant cosmologies of free and enslaved Blacks and indigenous peoples.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812252926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Star Territory Gordon Fraser charts how the project of rationalizing the cosmos enabled the nineteenth-century expansion of U.S. territory and explores the alternative and resistant cosmologies of free and enslaved Blacks and indigenous peoples.
Star Territory
Author: Gordon Fraser
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812297903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The United States has been a space power since its founding, Gordon Fraser writes. The white stars on its flag reveal the dream of continental elites that the former colonies might constitute a "new constellation" in the firmament of nations. The streets and avenues of its capital city were mapped in reference to celestial observations. And as the nineteenth century unfolded, all efforts to colonize the North American continent depended upon the science of surveying, or mapping with reference to celestial movement. Through its built environment, cultural mythology, and exercise of military power, the United States has always treated the cosmos as a territory available for exploitation. In Star Territory Fraser explores how from its beginning, agents of the state, including President John Adams, Admiral Charles Henry Davis, and astronomer Maria Mitchell, participated in large-scale efforts to map the nation onto cosmic space. Through almanacs, maps, and star charts, practical information and exceptionalist mythologies were transmitted to the nation's soldiers, scientists, and citizens. This is, however, only one part of the story Fraser tells. From the country's first Black surveyors, seamen, and publishers to the elected officials of the Cherokee Nation and Hawaiian resistance leaders, other actors established alternative cosmic communities. These Black and indigenous astronomers, prophets, and printers offered ways of understanding the heavens that broke from the work of the U.S. officials for whom the universe was merely measurable and exploitable. Today, NASA administrators advocate public-private partnerships for the development of space commerce while the military seeks to control strategic regions above the atmosphere. If observers imagine that these developments are the direct offshoots of a mid-twentieth-century space race, Fraser brilliantly demonstrates otherwise. The United States' efforts to exploit the cosmos, as well as the resistance to these efforts, have a history that starts nearly two centuries before the Gemini and Apollo missions of the 1960s.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812297903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The United States has been a space power since its founding, Gordon Fraser writes. The white stars on its flag reveal the dream of continental elites that the former colonies might constitute a "new constellation" in the firmament of nations. The streets and avenues of its capital city were mapped in reference to celestial observations. And as the nineteenth century unfolded, all efforts to colonize the North American continent depended upon the science of surveying, or mapping with reference to celestial movement. Through its built environment, cultural mythology, and exercise of military power, the United States has always treated the cosmos as a territory available for exploitation. In Star Territory Fraser explores how from its beginning, agents of the state, including President John Adams, Admiral Charles Henry Davis, and astronomer Maria Mitchell, participated in large-scale efforts to map the nation onto cosmic space. Through almanacs, maps, and star charts, practical information and exceptionalist mythologies were transmitted to the nation's soldiers, scientists, and citizens. This is, however, only one part of the story Fraser tells. From the country's first Black surveyors, seamen, and publishers to the elected officials of the Cherokee Nation and Hawaiian resistance leaders, other actors established alternative cosmic communities. These Black and indigenous astronomers, prophets, and printers offered ways of understanding the heavens that broke from the work of the U.S. officials for whom the universe was merely measurable and exploitable. Today, NASA administrators advocate public-private partnerships for the development of space commerce while the military seeks to control strategic regions above the atmosphere. If observers imagine that these developments are the direct offshoots of a mid-twentieth-century space race, Fraser brilliantly demonstrates otherwise. The United States' efforts to exploit the cosmos, as well as the resistance to these efforts, have a history that starts nearly two centuries before the Gemini and Apollo missions of the 1960s.
Dark Star Territory
Author: Nathan Skaggs
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730950428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Simulacrum Government forces intend to enslave the surrounding alien worlds while Naso, a brilliant scientist, secretly launches an expedition to an unknown star. Simulacrum's efforts are complicated when a powerful alien race emerges from the shadows. On an uncharted planet, Naso learns of an ancient connection between his planet and the newly discovered alien race. Naso's return to Simulacrum is blocked by warships due to hysteria following the alien arrival.
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730950428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Simulacrum Government forces intend to enslave the surrounding alien worlds while Naso, a brilliant scientist, secretly launches an expedition to an unknown star. Simulacrum's efforts are complicated when a powerful alien race emerges from the shadows. On an uncharted planet, Naso learns of an ancient connection between his planet and the newly discovered alien race. Naso's return to Simulacrum is blocked by warships due to hysteria following the alien arrival.
星域大战(英文版)
Author: 耳根
Publisher: 露露
ISBN: 1304667588
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
Wang Lin's expression was as usual, but his heart was moved. What he saw in the illusion was clearly six pictures with the word "war". Wang Lin remained calm, clasped his fists respectfully and said, "Thank you, senior Lieyunzi
Publisher: 露露
ISBN: 1304667588
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
Wang Lin's expression was as usual, but his heart was moved. What he saw in the illusion was clearly six pictures with the word "war". Wang Lin remained calm, clasped his fists respectfully and said, "Thank you, senior Lieyunzi
Hearings Regarding Communist Activities in the Territory of Hawaii
Author: United States. Congress. House. Un-American Activities
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Hearings Regarding Communist Activities in the Territory of Hawaii: July 6, 1951
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher:
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
Book Description
The Tribune Almanac and Political Register
Author:
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Annual Report Upon the Geographical Surveys of the Territory of the United States West of the 100th Meridian, in the States and Territories of California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
Author: Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Annual Report - Associated Press
Author:
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Category : Press
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Press
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska ... and in Various Other Parts of the North Pacific
Author: Frederick Whymper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description