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Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent in the Global Space Age

Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent in the Global Space Age


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A new volume in the University of Pittsburgh Press Intersections Series

About the Author :
Asif A. Siddiqi is professor of history at Fordham University in New York. He writes and teaches on the history of science and technology as well as on modern Russian history. His books include The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Soviet Imagination, 1857-1957 and the forthcoming Departure Gates: Global Histories of Space on Earth. Siddiqi is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2015) and the coeditor of the Studies in the History of Science and Technology series at Johns Hopkins University Press.

Review :
Cosmic Fragments is an exciting collection of essays challenging the commonsense idea that space history is only the technological innovations and political interests of the Cold War superpowers. The book gives us a new history that disrupts our favorite 'right stuff' myths, unveiling overlooked places, people, and perspectives. It is essential reading for exploring the space-age ruins of India, Japan, Australia, South America, Canada, and China, as well as those of Russia and the United States.--DeWitt Douglas Kilgore, Indiana University Cosmic Fragments makes a valuable contribution to space exploration history through its coverage of the negative and problematic aspects of space development.--Michael J. Neufeld, author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War Cosmic Fragments enlarges the purview of the history of space exploration, foregrounding those narrative fragments normally consigned to the edges--environmental damage, Indigenous dispossession, infrastructural entanglements, failed pathways, and cultural registers of ambiguity and rupture. This anthology is a significant achievement and is poised to make a valuable contribution to space history.--Matthew Hersch, Harvard University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780822948438
  • Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Sub Title: Dislocation and Discontent in the Global Space Age
  • ISBN-10: 0822948435
  • Publisher Date: 20 May 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 152 mm


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