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Title:
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Selling outer space : Kennedy, the media, and funding for Project Apollo, 1961-1963 /
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Authors:
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James Lee Kauffman, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : University of Alabama Press, 1994
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Series:
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Studies in rhetoric and communication
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-8173-0747-9
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Format:
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x, 190 p. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 1989, originally presented under the title: Selling space./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-185) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL789.8.U6
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Subjects:
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Communication in politics--United States
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Mass media--United States--Influence
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Project Apollo (U.S.)
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Description:
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This text examines the impact of the Kennedy administration's depiction of Project Apollo as a great frontier adventure that continues to affect American space policy three decades later. It explores how the media interacted with NASA to promote the idea of landing a man on the moon.
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Format :
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In print
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