Book ID: CBB000111243

Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana (2000)

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Redfield, Peter (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xxii + 346 pp., illus., figs., bibl., index
Language: English

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Review Storey, William K. (2002) Review of "Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana". Technology and Culture (p. 462). unapi

Review Pritchard, Sara (2002) Review of "Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana". Environmental History (p. 335). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Logsdon, John M.
Launius, Roger D.
Charles, John B.
Williamson, Ray A.
Weitekamp, Margaret Ann
Waring, Stephen P.
Concepts
Technology
Space programs
Space research and exploration
Aeronautics; aviation
Space travel; space flight
Rockets; rocketry
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Russia
Europe
France
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Institutions
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Apollo (NASA)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
European Space Agency
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