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Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi (2009)

Mukerji, Chandra (Author)

Princeton University Press

ISBN: 9780691140322

Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xix + 304 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Technology Technology and politics Canals Engineering 17th century France

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Review McClellan, James E., III (2010) Review of "Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 651). unapi

Review Horn, Jeff (2013) Review of "Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi". European Legacy (pp. 384-385). unapi

Review Graber, Frédéric (2011) Review of "Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi". Technology and Culture (p. 620). unapi

Review Ash, Eric H. (2010) Review of "Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi". Renaissance Quarterly (p. 676). unapi

Review Long, Pamela O. (2011) Review of "Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (p. 16). unapi

Review Horn, Jeff (2013) Review of "Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi". European Legacy (p. 384). unapi

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