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The Red Rockets' Glare

- Spaceflight and the Russian Imagination, 1857-1957

About The Red Rockets' Glare

This book situates the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within the social and cultural upheavals of Russian and Soviet history, arguing that Sputnik was the outcome of both large-scale state imperatives to harness science and technology and populist phenomena that frequently owed little to the whims and needs of the state apparatus.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521897600
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 414
  • Published:
  • February 25, 2010
  • Dimensions:
  • 165x236x31 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 696 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: January 10, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of The Red Rockets' Glare

This book situates the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within the social and cultural upheavals of Russian and Soviet history, arguing that Sputnik was the outcome of both large-scale state imperatives to harness science and technology and populist phenomena that frequently owed little to the whims and needs of the state apparatus.

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