Star Territory
Author | : Gordon Fraser |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2021-06-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812252927 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812252926 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Star Territory by : Gordon Fraser
Download or read book Star Territory written by Gordon Fraser and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.