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

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

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
Main Author: Redfield, Peter, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
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
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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 these two disparate European projects in French Guiana a gleaming web of ideas about the intersections of nature and culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-329) and index.
ISBN:1597349089
9781597349086
9780520923423
0520923421
9780520219847
0520219848
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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