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The Organization of Science and Technology in France 1808-1914

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Organization of Science and Technology in France 1808-1914
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Robert Fox
Edited by George Weisz
SeriesMSH: Colloques
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreWorld history - c 1750 to c 1900
History of science
ISBN/Barcode 9780521103701
ClassificationsDewey:509.4409034
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 11 December 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The papers in this volume represent the first attempt at a coherent analysis of the institutional structure of French science and technology in the nineteenth century. They treat both research and education and cover the main developments in the period from the establishment of the Napoleonic University in 1808 to the outbreak of the First World War. The papers reflect the intense interest in the social history of French science since the Revolution and convey a vivid impression of different modes of thought in a particularly active field of research. The contributions stress and develop more clearly than in any previous study, the theme of structural change in a complex interlocking network of institutions. Far from being an unresponsive monolith, France's system of scientific research and education proved capable of significant modification and expansion, especially in the later nineteenth century. To an extent that has not been fully recognised by historians, the French did respond to the changing demands of an industrialising economy and to the intellectual, economic and political challenge of the new Germany - a point that needs to be taken into account in discussions of the supposed decline of French science in the nineteenth century.