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Heavens and the Earth : a Political History of the Space Age (85 Edition)

by Walter A. Mcdougall

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This highly acclaimed study approaches the space race as a problem in comparative public policy. Drawing on published literature, archival sources in both the United States and Europe, interviews with many of the key participants, and important declassified material, such as the National Security Council's first policy paper on space, McDougall examines U.S., European, and Soviet space programs and their politics. Opening with a short account of Nikolai Kibalchich, a late nineteenth-century Russian rocketry theoretician, McDougall argues that the Soviet Union made its way into space first because it was the world's first technocracy--which he defines as the institutionalization of technological change for state purpose. He also explores the growth of a political economy of technology in both the Soviet Union and the United States.

Synopsis:

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History for 1986, this highly acclaimed study approaches the space race as a problem in comparative public policy. Drawing on exhaustive research, author and ORBIS editor Walter A. McDougall examines U.S., European, and Soviet space programs and their politics. 25 illustrations.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [466]-536) and index.

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ISBN:

9780801857485

Author:

McDougall, Walter A.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Author:

McDougall, Walter A.

Location:

Baltimore, Md. :

Subject:

History

Subject:

History & Theory

Subject:

Aeronautics & Astronautics

Subject:

Astronautics

Subject:

Exploration

Subject:

Astronautics and state

Subject:

Astronautics -- Soviet Union -- History.

Subject:

History & Theory - General

Subject:

Astronautics and state -- United States.

Subject:

Astronautics -- United States -- History.

Subject:

Science Reference-Technology

Edition Description:

Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.

Series Volume:

no 43

Publication Date:

19970931

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

584

Dimensions:

9.15x6.09x1.23 in. 1.81 lbs.

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Product details 584 pages Johns Hopkins University Press - 0- English 9780801857485 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Libri, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History for 1986, this highly acclaimed study approaches the space race as a problem in comparative public policy. Drawing on exhaustive research, author and ORBIS editor Walter A. McDougall examines U.S., European, and Soviet space programs and their politics. 25 illustrations.