Star Territory: Printing the Universe in Nineteenth-Century America

Gordon Fraser

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2021

Star Territory

Printing the Universe in Nineteenth-Century America

Gordon Fraser

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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297904

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About this book

In Star Territory Gordon Fraser charts how the project of rationalizing the cosmos enabled the nineteenth-century expansion of U.S. territory and explores the alternative and resistant cosmologies of free and enslaved Blacks and indigenous peoples.

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Gordon Fraser is Lecturer and Presidential Fellow in American Studies, University of Manchester.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Almanacs in the Astronomical Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Chapter 2. The Emancipatory Cosmology of the First Black Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Chapter 3. Cherokee Astronomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Chapter 4. The National Almanac in Peace and War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Chapter 5. Hawaiian Cosmography in Print Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Epilogue. The Third Space Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: 11 halftones, 7 tables
Keywords: American History; Science; General; American Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: June 4, 2021
ISBN: 9780812297904