Star territory : printing the universe in nineteenth-century America /

In Star Territory Gordon Fraser charts how the project of rationalizing the cosmos enabled the nineteenth-century expansion of U.S. territory and explores the alternative and resistant cosmologies of free and enslaved Blacks and indigenous peoples.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fraser, Gordon, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:Material texts.
Temas:
1800-1899
Astronomical literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Astronomy > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Astronomy and state > United States > History > 19th century.
Astronomy > United States > History > 19th century.
Astronomie > Documentation > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Astronomie > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Astronomie > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Astronomie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Astronomical literature
Astronomy
Astronomy and state
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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