No Heavenly Bodies
A History of Satellite Communications Infrastructure
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
3 January 2024
Summary
The compelling and little-known history of satellite communications that reveals the Soviet and Eastern European roles in the development of its infrastructure.
Taking its title from Hannah Arendt’s description of artificial earth satellites, No Heavenly Bodies explores the history of the first two decades of satellite communications. Christine E. Evans and Lars Lundgren trace how satellite communications infrastructure was imagined, negotiated, and built across the Earth’s s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262546904 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262546906 |
| Author: | Christine E. Evans, Lars Lundgren |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Infrastructures |
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About The Author
Christine E. Evans
Christine Evans is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her first book, Between Truth and Time- A History of Soviet Central Television, received an Honorable Mention for the 2017 USC Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies.
Lars Lundgren is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University. His work has been published in Media History, European Journal of Cultural Studies, and International Journal of Communication.
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