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- Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Princeton University Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- ABBREVIATIONS
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- CHAPTER II. Education, Science, and Politics
- pp. 101-164
- CHAPTER IV. The Metric System
- pp. 223-285
- CHAPTER V. Science and the Terror
- pp. 286-338
- CHAPTER VI. Scientists at War
- pp. 339-444
- CHAPTER IX. Positivist Science
- pp. 652-696
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. 697-698
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 699-716
Additional Information
ISBN
9781400824618
Related ISBN(s)
9780691082332, 9780691118499
MARC Record
OCLC
646805513
Pages
616
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No