Space in the tropics : from convicts to rockets in French Guiana

Economic development Human ecology Human geography Penal colonies SOCIAL SCIENCE History sähkökirjat
University of California Press
2000
EISBN 9780520923423
This title compares the current space programme in French Guiana to the earlier penal colony of Devil's Island, highlighting cultural realignments in nature behind the evolution of global technology in a tropical rainforest.
