How Outer Space Made America

’It has long seemed to me that social scientists need to raise their eyes from the ground. In this splendid book, Dan Sage shows us why it is so important to look elsewhere for explanations of the present. Looking at outer space allows us to see our own organizations and politics more clearly, and also opens the possibility of enquiries into what we might become.’ Martin Parker, University of Leicester, UK ’Daniel Sage's How Outer Space made America is a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich account of how America and Americans took to Space. Eschewing accounts that over-determine the militaristic, the nationalistic and the imperialistic, emphasis is given to the manner in which art, religion, popular culture, museums, political speeches and journalism helped to complicate this engagement with the vertical and cosmic frontiers of the United States. A really good read and a book that is as much a tale about outer space as it is a provocation to those interested in theorising geo-power, affect, and the transcendental state.’ Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of London, UK 'It is a good read for understanding broader themes around how policy making can be influenced by broader international political concerns and the interrelationship between political motives and organisational practices'.LSE Review of Books