New spaces of exploration : geographies of discovery in the twentieth century / edited by Simon Naylor and James R. Ryan.
| Other author | Naylor, Simon. |
| Other author | Ryan, James R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010. |
| Description | x, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Tauris historical geography series ; 2 Tauris historical geography series ; 2. ^A1143733 |
| Contents | Exploration and the twentieth century / James R. Ryan and Simon Naylor -- 'Deeds not words'? Life writing and early twentieth-century British polar exploration / Elizabeth Baigent -- Configuring the field: photography in early twentieth-century Antarctic exploration / Kathryn Yusoff --Explorations in the Libyan Desert: William J. Harding King / Nicola J. Thomas and Jude Hill -- Fieldwork and the geographical career: T. Griffith Taylor and the exploration of Australia / Simon Naylor -- Glaciology, the Arctic, and the US military, 1945-58 / Fae l. Korsmo -- Assault on the unknown: geopolitics, Antarctic science and the International geophysical Year (1957-8) / Klaus Dodds -- 'Britnik': how America made and destroyed Britain's first satellite / Matthew Godwin -- High empire: rocketry and the popular geopolitics of space exploration, 1944-62 / Fraser MacDonald -- Walking in your footsteps: 'footsteps of the explorers' expeditions and the contest for Australian desert space / Felix Driver. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-304) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781848850170 |
| ISBN | 1848850174 |
| ISBN | 9781848850163 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1848850166 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | G80 .N4 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |