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Book Synopsis
Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusion and new chapters on robotics and space commerce.

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A very useful study for those interested in fictions about space travel and exploration. Science Fiction Studies An interesting work for all space fans. Choice

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Imagination
1. The Vision
2. Making Space Flight Seem Real
3. The Cold War
4. Apollo: The Aura of Competence
5. Mysteries of Life
6. The Extraterrestrial Frontier
7. Stations in Space
8. Spacecraft
9. Robots
10. Space Commerce
11. Back on Earth
Conclusion: Imagination and Culture
Notes
Index

Space and the American Imagination

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    A Paperback / softback by Howard E. McCurdy


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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 26/04/2011
      ISBN13: 9780801898686, 978-0801898686
      ISBN10: 0801898684

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusion and new chapters on robotics and space commerce.

      Trade Review
      A very useful study for those interested in fictions about space travel and exploration. Science Fiction Studies An interesting work for all space fans. Choice

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Imagination
      1. The Vision
      2. Making Space Flight Seem Real
      3. The Cold War
      4. Apollo: The Aura of Competence
      5. Mysteries of Life
      6. The Extraterrestrial Frontier
      7. Stations in Space
      8. Spacecraft
      9. Robots
      10. Space Commerce
      11. Back on Earth
      Conclusion: Imagination and Culture
      Notes
      Index

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