Savant and the State - Science and Cultural Politics in Nineteenth-Century France

This debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robert Fox is professor emeritus of history of science at the University of Oxford. He was awarded the History of Science Society's 2015 Sarton Medal for lifetime scholarly achievement. He is the editor of Technological Change: Methods and Themes in the History of Technology.

Zusammenfassung

This debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Fox, Robert (Museum of the History of Science) Fox, Fox Robert
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 27.10.2012
• EAN: 9781421405223
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-0522-3
• Seiten: 408
• Serien: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science; Johns Hopkins University Studi; The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science; Johns Hopkins University Studi
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science