Gender and the Race for Space by Erinn McComb - 9781839987175

Anthem Press

Gender and the Race for Space\nby Erinn McComb\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Erinn McComb\nTitle: Gender and the Race for Space\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Anthem Press\nPublication year: 2025\nISBN-13: 9781839987175\nISBN-10: 1839987170\nRRP: \u00A380.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThis book chronicles the history of early spaceflight and asks how American gender culture shaped the public image of the American astronaut and spaceflight technology during some of the tensest years of the Cold War era. While historians have pieced together the story of American women's fight for spaceflight, this work adds to the narrative by analyzing masculinity and the astronau.