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Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime

By Charles Coulston Gillispie

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781400824618
DOI
10.1515/9781400824618
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
36 MB (37391655 bytes)
Edition
Course Book
Pages
616\614
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-25 15:52:10

Description

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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