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Science and polity in France : the revolutionary and Napoleonic years /
By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the eve of the French Revolution. Charles Gillispie explores how the links between science and polity in France were related to governmental reform, modernization of the economy, and professionalization of science and engineering. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 751 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 699-716) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400824618 1400824613 0691115419 9780691115412 1282087185 9781282087187 9786612087189 6612087188 |