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OverviewThis book furthers academic scholarship in cutting-edge areas of geographical and geopolitical writing by drawing on a series of little-studied undersea living projects conducted by the US Navy during the Cold War (Project Genesis, Sealab I, II and III). Supported by an engaging and novel empirical setting, the central themes of the book revolve around the practice and construct of ‘territory’, ‘terrain’, the ‘elemental’ and the interrelationships between these material phenomenon and both human and non-human bodies. Furthermore, the book will point to future research trajectories in the form of ‘extreme geographies’ to better understand living practices in a world that is increasingly submerged and extreme. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rachael Squire, Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of LondonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.299kg ISBN: 9781538156988ISBN 10: 1538156989 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 27 February 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Towards the ‘Deep Dark Sea’ 2. ‘Taking Chances for all of Mankind’: Taming the Underwater Frontier 3. Domesticating and Dishwashing: Making Home on the Seafloor 4. ‘A Breed Apart’: Taking the Measure of Man 5. ‘Think Helium’: Submarine Pressures and Elemental Entanglements 6. Companions, Zappers, and Invaders: The Animals of Sealab 7. From Sealab to Skylab: Inhabiting Extremes 8. ConclusionsReviewsExtending critical geopolitical analysis to investigate an unlikely venue, Rachel Squire brilliantly shows how American cold war geopolitical culture was a combination of science, masculinity and exploration. This fascinating account of a nearly forgotten scientific project explores the underwater world of Sealab, its aquanauts, scientists and their dangerous experimental habitat, built in the quest to dominate the frontier space of the ocean. -- Simon Dalby, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University A fascinating study of a little-known story in the Cold War. Using archival and other historical sources, Squire takes us beneath the surface to explore the world of Sealab with its multiple geographies. Engagingly written and conceptually innovative, this is an important contribution to political geography and wider debates about territory, volume and materiality. -- Stuart Elden, Professor of Political Theory and Geography, University of Warwick Author InformationRachael Squire is a Political Geographer and Lecturer in Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research engages with the concepts of territory, embodiment, and ‘volume’ with a particular focus on the space of the sea. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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