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This work draws ideas from two projects which took place in French Guiana - the Ariane Rocket programme and the Devil's Island penal experiment. The two are compared and connected with developments and events, with a focus on place, and the incorporation of this place into greater extended systems.

Table of Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface: The Edge of the World
PART 1. ISLANDS AND DISCIPLINES
1. Robinson Crusoe, Anthropology, and the Horizon of Technology
2. History on the Wild Coast
PART 2. COLONIAL GROUND
3. Botany Bay to Devil's Island
4· The Natural Prison
PART 3· MODERN SKY
5. A Gate to the Heavens
6. The Margin of the Future
PART 4· WORLDS IN MOTION
7· Tropics of Nature
8. The Nature of Work
9· The Imperfect Equator
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 19/12/2000
      ISBN13: 9780520219854, 978-0520219854
      ISBN10: 0520219856
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work draws ideas from two projects which took place in French Guiana - the Ariane Rocket programme and the Devil's Island penal experiment. The two are compared and connected with developments and events, with a focus on place, and the incorporation of this place into greater extended systems.

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Preface: The Edge of the World
      PART 1. ISLANDS AND DISCIPLINES
      1. Robinson Crusoe, Anthropology, and the Horizon of Technology
      2. History on the Wild Coast
      PART 2. COLONIAL GROUND
      3. Botany Bay to Devil's Island
      4· The Natural Prison
      PART 3· MODERN SKY
      5. A Gate to the Heavens
      6. The Margin of the Future
      PART 4· WORLDS IN MOTION
      7· Tropics of Nature
      8. The Nature of Work
      9· The Imperfect Equator
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Credits
      Index

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