Space in the Tropics
Subtitle: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780520219854
Subjects: Anthropology; Geography; Sociology; Human Geography; French Guiana; Social Science; History - General History; Human ecology; Oceania; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Devil's Island; Anthropology - General; Centre spatial guyanais; History; Penal colonies
First sentence: Since its introduction to the reading public in 1719, Daniel Defoe's The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner has worked its way through numerous additions, translations, and recastings, inspiring not only architects of grand theory but also small children, especially boys.