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Author

Lane, K. Maria D.

Title Geographies of Mars [electronic resource] : seeing and knowing the red planet / K. Maria D. Lane.

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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiii, 266 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Understanding Mars: sensation, science, and geography -- Representing scientific data: cartographic inscription and visual authority -- Representing scientific sites: vision and fieldwork at the mountain observatories -- Representing scientists: heroism, adventure, and the geographical outlook -- Placing the red planet: meanings in the martian landscape -- Toward a cultural geography of Mars: imaginative geography and the superior Martian.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Martians.
	Mars (Planet) -- Research -- History -- 19th century.
	Mars (Planet) -- Research -- History -- 20th century.
	Mars (Planet) -- Geography.
	Mars (Planet) -- Maps.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780226470788 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0226470784 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780226470795 (electronic bk.)