03710nam 2200673 450 991078645800332120230126211958.00-19-931354-70-19-938551-30-19-931353-9(CKB)3710000000111558(EBL)1690575(SSID)ssj0001195896(PQKBManifestationID)12375110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001195896(PQKBWorkID)11161980(PQKB)10119160(StDuBDS)EDZ0000898585(MiAaPQ)EBC1690575(Au-PeEL)EBL1690575(CaPaEBR)ebr10871929(CaONFJC)MIL609713(OCoLC)880147825(MiAaPQ)EBC5516004(MiAaPQ)EBC7035484(Au-PeEL)EBL7035484(EXLCZ)99371000000011155820140531h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNo requiem for the space age the Apollo moon landings and American culture /Matthew D. TribbeOxfordshire, England :Oxford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-931352-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""No Requiem for the Space Age: The Apollo Moon Landings and American Culture""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Significant Apollo Missions""; ""No Requiem for the Space Age""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: On Talking about Apollo""; ""1: “The Message of the Spirit of Apolloâ€?: Commonplace Reactions""; ""2: On the Nihilism of WASPs: Norman Mailer in NASA-Land""; ""Part Two: On Mastering the Universe""; ""3: Apollo and the “Human Conditionâ€?""; ""4: The Thunder of Apollo: A Benevolent Endeavor in a Century of Brutality""""Part Three: On Rationalism and Neo-Romanticism""""5: Turning a Miracle into a Bummer: Squareland, Potland, and the Psychedelic Moon""; ""6: “God Is Alive, Magic Is Afootâ€?: Moon Voyaging in the Neo-Romantic 1970s""; ""Conclusion: In the Wake of Apollo""; ""Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""During the summer of 1969-the summer Americans first walked on the moon-musician and poet Patti Smith recalled strolling down the Coney Island Boardwalk to a refreshment stand, where ""pictures of Jesus, President Kennedy, and the astronauts were taped to the wall behind the register."" Such was the zeitgeist in the year of the moon. Yet this holy trinity of 1960s America would quickly fall apart. Although Jesus and John F. Kennedy remained iconic, by the time the Apollo Program came to a premature end just three years later few Americans mourned its passing. Why did support for the space progAstronauticsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySpace flight to the moonUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPopular cultureUnited StatesAstronauticsSocial aspectsHistorySpace flight to the moonHistoryPopular culture629.45/40973HIS036060HIS054000bisacshTribbe Matthew D.1575676MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786458003321No requiem for the space age3852802UNINA