Naylor, Simon (Ed.)
New Spaces of Exploration : Geographies of Discovery in the Twentieth Century - New Delhi Bloomsbury Publishing 2022 - x, 309p.
Includes Notes, Bibliography and Index
1. Exploration and the Twentieth Century James R Ryan and Simon Naylor
2. 'Deeds not Words'? Life writing and early twentieth-century British polar exploration Elizabeth Baigent
3. Configuring the Field: photography in early twentieth century Antarctic exploration Kathryn Yusoff
4. Explorations in the Libyan Desert: William J. Harding King Nicola J. Thomas and Jude Hill
5. Fieldwork and the Geographical Career: T. Griffith Taylor and the exploration of Australia Simon Naylor
6. Glaciology, the Arctic, and the US military Fae L Korsmo
7. Assault on the unknown: Geopolitics, Antarctic science and the International Geophysical Year Klaus Dodds
8. 'Britnik': How America made and destroyed Britain's first satellite Matthew Godwin
9. High Empire: rocketry and the popular geopolitics of space exploration Fraser MacDonald
10. Walking in your footsteps: 'footsteps of the explorers' expeditions and the contest for Australian desert space Christy Collis
11. Afterword Felix Driver
Notes
Bibliography
Index
This title demonstrates how new technologies and changing geopolitical configurations have ensured that exploration has remained a key feature in our rapidly globalizing world. It shows the increasing diversity of modern exploration and reveals the continuing political, military, industrial and cultural motivations at play
9789356400931 (PB)
Discoveries in geography History 20th century--Expedition
History
910 / NAY
New Spaces of Exploration : Geographies of Discovery in the Twentieth Century - New Delhi Bloomsbury Publishing 2022 - x, 309p.
Includes Notes, Bibliography and Index
1. Exploration and the Twentieth Century James R Ryan and Simon Naylor
2. 'Deeds not Words'? Life writing and early twentieth-century British polar exploration Elizabeth Baigent
3. Configuring the Field: photography in early twentieth century Antarctic exploration Kathryn Yusoff
4. Explorations in the Libyan Desert: William J. Harding King Nicola J. Thomas and Jude Hill
5. Fieldwork and the Geographical Career: T. Griffith Taylor and the exploration of Australia Simon Naylor
6. Glaciology, the Arctic, and the US military Fae L Korsmo
7. Assault on the unknown: Geopolitics, Antarctic science and the International Geophysical Year Klaus Dodds
8. 'Britnik': How America made and destroyed Britain's first satellite Matthew Godwin
9. High Empire: rocketry and the popular geopolitics of space exploration Fraser MacDonald
10. Walking in your footsteps: 'footsteps of the explorers' expeditions and the contest for Australian desert space Christy Collis
11. Afterword Felix Driver
Notes
Bibliography
Index
This title demonstrates how new technologies and changing geopolitical configurations have ensured that exploration has remained a key feature in our rapidly globalizing world. It shows the increasing diversity of modern exploration and reveals the continuing political, military, industrial and cultural motivations at play
9789356400931 (PB)
Discoveries in geography History 20th century--Expedition
History
910 / NAY