Politics, Religion, and Rockets: Essays in Twentieth-Century American History

by Paul A. Carter

How does Al Smith's campaign for President relate to the objections of religious fundamentalists to space travel? In this collection of fifteen essays, Paul Carter shows us how many facets of American history and culture are interrelated in ways that we may never have supposed existed.Written over a span of 33 years, these essays transcend particularities of time and place by showing how seemingly disparate subjects are related by the theme of modernization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816512132
• ISBN13: 9780816512133
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.