Star Territory : : Printing the Universe in Nineteenth-Century America / / Gordon Fraser.

The United States has been a space power since its founding, Gordon Fraser writes. The white stars on its flag reveal the dream of continental elites that the former colonies might constitute a "new constellation" in the firmament of nations. The streets and avenues of its capital city wer...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 11 halftones, 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Almanacs in the Astronomical Nation
  • Chapter 2. The Emancipatory Cosmology of the First Black Press
  • Chapter 3. Cherokee Astronomy
  • Chapter 4. The National Almanac in Peace and War
  • Chapter 5. Hawaiian Cosmography in Print
  • Epilogue. The Third Space Age
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments