After Apollo (eBook)

Cultural Legacies of the Race to the Moon

J Bret Bennington, Rodney F. Hill (Herausgeber)

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2023
210 Seiten
University of Florida Press (Verlag)
978-1-68340-369-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Exploring the impacts of NASAsspace program on American society and cultureAfter Apollo explores howNASAs space program impacted American society during and after the race to theMoon, looking back at the 1969 Apollo 11 Moonlanding from the perspective of the present day. Centering on the humandimension of spaceflight, this multidisciplinary book contains chapters thataddress the effects of the space race on science, politics, art, fashion, andpopular culture. Severalessays cover themes that directly touch on the space program itself, such asthe sheer improbability of the Moon landing, the hidden chemistry behind humanspaceflight, and the critical role played by immigrants in making spaceexploration a reality. Others consider societal repercussions, such as how immense space expenditures drew attention tounderfunded social programs and paved the way for Great Society sociallegislation, as well as how cultural narratives of exploration and the frontierevolved as the programs goals changed. Many of the authors look at theinterplay between art and space exploration, beginning with the role of popularentertainment in selling spaceflight to the public.Showcasingthe work of contributors representing diverse areasof study, After Apollo details themany and varied human impacts and cultural spin-offs that came to pass as the mythologyand eventual reality of space travel permeated American society.Contributors: J Bret Bennington | Matthew H. Hersch | Rodney F. Hill | RosannaPerotti | Chris Robinson | Patricia Rossi | Sabrina Sobel | James Spiller |Allison Whitney | Julie Wosk

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.6.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 35 b/w illus., 1 table, notes, bibliography, index
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: American Culture • Apollo 11 • Apollo missions • ART • Astronaut • Disney • Engineering Workforce • Entertainment • Fashion • Great Society legislation • Immigrants • Man in Space • Moon landing • Nasa • Operation Paperclip • Politics • Race relations • Ralph Abernathy • Rocket Fuel • Spaceflight • space frontier • space program • Space race • space suit • space tourism • Space Travel • War on Poverty • Wernher von Braun • Women in space
• ISBN-10: 1-68340-369-X / 168340369X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68340-369-2 / 9781683403692