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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Redfield, Peter, 1965-
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.
Description:	xvi, 345 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Centre spatial guyanais. Centre spatial guyanais. Human geography -- French Guiana -- History. Penal colonies -- French Guiana -- Devil's Island. Human ecology. Economic development -- Environmental aspects. Economic development -- Environmental aspects. Human ecology. Human geography. Penal colonies. French Guiana. French Guiana -- Devil's Island. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4363855

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ISBN:	0520219848 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0520219856 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-329) and index.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface The Edge of the World
Part 1. Islands and Disciplines
Chapter 1. Robinson Crusoe, Anthropology, and the Horizon of Technology
Chapter 2. History on the Wild Coast
Part 2. Colonial Ground
Chapter 3. Botany Bay to Devil's Island
Chapter 4. The Natural Prison
Part 3. Modern Sky
Chapter 5. A Gate to the Heavens
Chapter 6. The Margin of the Future
Part 4. Worlds in Motion
Chapter 7. Tropics of Nature
Chapter 8. The Nature of Work
Chapter 9. The Imperfect Equator
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index