Science and polity in France : the revolutionary and Napoleonic years / Charles Coulston Gillispie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillispie, Charles Coulston, author.

Standardized Title:

Science and polity in France at the end of the old regime

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--France--History.

Science.

Science and state--France.

Science and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (763 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxfordshire, England : Princeton University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

A Note on the Citations

Part One. Institutions

Chapter I. The State And Science

Chapter II. Science and the State

Part Two. Professions

Chapter III. Science and Medicine

CHAPTER IV. Scientists and Charlatans

Part Three. Applications

CHAPTER V. Trades and Agriculture

CHAPTER VI. Industry and Invention

CHAPTER VII. Engineering, Civil and Military

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

This volume is: The revolutionary and Napoleonic years.

Originally published: Science and polity in France at the end of the Old Regime. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612087189

9780691115412

0691115419

9781400865314

140086531X

9781322116891

132211689X

9781282087187

1282087185

OCLC:

362452601