The Surveillance Imperative: Geosciences During the Cold War and Beyond

Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the environmental sciences during and after the Cold War.

Author: S. Turchetti, P. Roberts
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/19/2014
Pages: 278
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137438720

About the Author
Matthew Adamson, McDaniel College, Hungary Soraya Boudia, University Paris-Est, Marne la Vallée, France. Lino Camprubí, University Autónoma of Barcelona, Spain. Roberto Cantoni, University of Manchester, UK. James R. Fleming, Colby College, USA. Sebastian Grevsmühl, UPMC, France. Néstor Herran, UPMC, France Roger Launius, Smithsonian Institution, USA. Robert Poole, University of Central Lancashire, UK. Sam Robinson, CHSTM, University of Manchester, UK.

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