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Engineers and the making of the Francoist regime /
In the 20th century, science and technology became central to territorial transformation and in turn to state building. This was no less true for the Francoist regime. Engineers were not just working 'under' the dictatorship, but became active participants within it. This book traces concr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Political Engineering and the "Redemption of Spain"
- 2. The Concrete Dodecahedron: The Political Economy of Coal, Design, and the Landscape
- 3. Laboratories and Churches: Science, Industry, and National Catholicism
- 4. One Grain, One Nation: Rice Genetics and the Corporate State (1936
- 1952)
- 5. The Total Systematization of a River and the Limitations of "Totalitarianism": Industry, Agriculture, and Physical Models in the Pyrenees
- 6. Scientific Standards as Tools for Political Transformation: Prestressed Concrete, European Integration, and the Regulatory State
- 7. Conclusion.