Engineering the Revolution [electronic resource] : arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815 / Ken Alder.
By: Alder, Ken.
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BookPublisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010Edition: University of Chicago Press paperback ed.Description: xvi, 476 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Artillery -- Technological innovations -- France -- History -- 18th century | Military engineers -- Political activity -- France -- History -- 18th century | Enlightenment -- France -- Influence | Technology and civilization -- Political aspects -- France | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence | France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 | France -- History, Military -- 1789-1815Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 944.04 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Engineering design : capital into coercion, 1763-1793 -- pt. 2. Engineering production : coercion into capital, 1763-1793 -- pt. 3. Engineering society : technocracy and revolution, 1794-1815.
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