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The heavens and the earth : a political history of the space age / Walter A. McDougall.
Van Pelt Library TL789.8.U5 M34 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDougall, Walter A., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronautics and state--United States.
- Astronautics and state.
- United States.
- Astronautics and state--Soviet Union.
- Astronautics--United States--History.
- Astronautics.
- History.
- Astronautics--Soviet Union--History.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Basic Books, c1985.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [466]-536) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0801857481
- OCLC:
- 36800636
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