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Scientific Instruments between East and West
Scientific Instruments between East and West is a collection of essays on the transmission of knowledge about scientific instruments and the trade in such instruments between the Eastern and Western worlds.
Education, Technology and Industrial Performance in Europe, 1850-1939
This book examines advanced scientific and technical education in seven European countries and the USA between the mid nineteenth century and the 1930s.It seeks to replace the notion of a simple education-industry interaction by a broader perspective where not only educational institutions and industrial employers, but also government, professional bodies and private patrons have made contributions.
Science, Industry, and the Social Order in Post-revolutionary France
The essays in this volume focus on the public, rather than the private, face of science, focusing on the interrelated activities of education, popularization and the exploration of scientific and technical knowledge in industry. They span the 18th and 19th centuries, and up until 1914.
A Biblioteca Erudita de Campolide
A Biblioteca Erudita de Campolide: A história de uma biblioteca jesuíta dispersa pela República é a primeira tentativa de reconstituir e estudar uma biblioteca dos jesuítas neste período da história.
Is Paris Still the Capital of the Nineteenth Century?
"Is Paris Still the Capital of the Nineteenth Century?" The question that guides this volume stems from Walter Benjamin's studies of nineteenth-century Parisian culture as the apex of capitalist aesthetics. Thirteen scholars test Benjamin's ideas about the centrality of Paris, formulated in the 1930s, from a variety of methodological perspectives. Many investigate the underpinnings of the French capital's reputation and mythic force, which was based largely upon the city's capacity to put itself on display. Some of the authors reassess the famed centrality of Paris from the vantage point of our globalized twenty-first century by acknowledging its entanglements with South Africa, Turkey, Japa...
