Space in the tropics : from convicts to rockets in French Guiana /

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Rockets roar into space--bearing roughly half the world's commercial satellites--from the same South American coastal rainforest where convicts once did time on infamous Devil's Island. What makes Space in the Tropics enthralling is anthropologist Peter Redfield's ability to draw from...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Redfield, Peter, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Centre spatial guyanais.
Centre spatial guyanais
Human geography > French Guiana > History.
Penal colonies > French Guiana > Devil's Island.
Human ecology.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Guyane française > Diable, Île du.
Écologie humaine.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
human ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Human ecology
Human geography
Penal colonies
French Guiana
French Guiana > Devil's Island
History
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