Science and polity in France : the end of the old regime / Charles Coulston Gillispie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillispie, Charles Coulston.

Standardized Title:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state--France.

Science and state.

Science--France--History.

Science.

Physical Description:

xii, 601 p.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004]

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:

Front matter

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:

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.

ISBN:

9781400824618

1400824613

OCLC:

362452601