Liberty, Equality, Technology: Virtuous Inventors and Base Profiteers in the French Industrial Revolution and Beyond (2013)
Levitt, Theresa (Author)
Technology and Culture
Volume: 54, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 815-819
Publication date: 2013
Language: English
Edition Details: Introduction to the special section: “Science and Industry in Modern France”.
French industrialization, although often treated as trailing behind that of Britain, offers, through its particular characteristics of strong state involvement and political turmoil, an exemplary field for studying the interactions of science, industry, and the state. This essay examines the theme of disinterestedness as it runs through the four papers of the special section devoted to French industry. The papers reveal distinct communities of industry and academic science with competing valorizations of secrecy, publicity, and profit. While historical actors moved between these communities (often with great reward), doing so was neither always easy nor without risk.
...MoreDescription Contents:
Article Bertucci, Paola (2013) Enlightened Secrets: Silk, Intelligent Travel, and Industrial Espionage in Eighteenth-Century France. Technology and Culture (p. 820).
Article Kim, Mi Gyung (2013) Invention as a Social Drama: From an Ascending Machine to the Aerostatic Globe. Technology and Culture (pp. 853-887).
Article Vaillant, Derek W. (2013) At the Speed of Sound: Techno-Aesthetic Paradigms in U.S.--French International Broadcasting, 1925--1942. Technology and Culture (pp. 888-921).
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