1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797708703321

Autore

Miller Roland <1958->

Titolo

Abandoned in place : preserving America's space history / / Roland Miller ; foreword by Roger D. Launius ; prologue by Bob Thall ; introduction by Betsy Fahlman ; essays by Craig Covault, Pamela Melroy, and Beth Laura O'Leary ; designed by Lila Sanchez and Felicia Cedillos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8263-5626-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

629.409759/27

Soggetti

Launch complexes (Astronautics) - Florida - Cape Canaveral - History

Astronautics - United States - History

Abandoned buildings - Florida - Cape Canaveral

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Abandon in Place; FOREWORD: Recapturing Our Youth; PROLOGUE: Then and Now; Preface and Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Shooting for the Moon: The Fine Art of Space; CHAPTER 1 First Steps; CHAPTER 2 Mercury Redstone/Atlas; CHAPTER 3 Research Facilities; CHAPTER 4 Gemini Titan; CHAPTER 5 Full Circle with the Cape's Mighty Launch Pads 40 and 41; CHAPTER 6 Apollo Saturn; Remembering Pad 34; CHAPTER 7 The Cultural Heritage of the Moon; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Looking back through the lens of elapsed time at perhaps the most significant chapter of American space-flight history, Robert Miller captures the stark beauty of the abandoned relics of the sites that paves the way to the moon. This book breathes new life into old concrete, providing a fresh look even for those who lived or intimately know the glory of Apollo.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910370053303321

Autore

Koerner Catherine

Titolo

Governance and Multiculturalism : The White Elephant of Social Construction and Cultural Identities / / by Catherine Koerner, Soma Pillay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030237400

3030237400

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Disciplina

305.800994

Soggetti

Ethnology

Culture

Race

Sociocultural Anthropology

Sociology of Culture

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Debating the nation: dealing with difference and incommensurability -- 3. The (white) elephant in the room: cultural identities and Indigenous Sovereignty in Australia -- 4. Methodological insights -- 5. Conceptualising cultural identity: the great divide -- 6. "We're multicultural mate!" Understanding Multiculturalism in Australia -- 7. Policy, Practice and Legislative Matters -- 8. Concluding Remarks.-.

Sommario/riassunto

A key intervention in the growing critical literature on race, this volume examines the social construction of race in contemporary Australia through the lenses of Indigenous sovereignty, nationhood, and whiteness. Informed by insights from white Australians in rural contexts, Koerner and Pillay attempt to answer how race shapes those who identify as white Australian; how those who self-identify thusly relate to the nation, multiculturalism, and Indigenous Sovereignties; and how white Australians understand and experience their own



racialized position and its privilege. This "insider perspective" on the continuing construction of whiteness in Australia is analyzed and challenged through Indigenous Sovereign theoretical standpoints and voices. Ultimately, this investigation of the social construction of race not only extends conceptualizations of multiculturalism, but also informs governance policy in the light of changing national identity.