Engineering the Revolution
Download or Read eBook Engineering the Revolution PDF written by Ken Alder and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Ken Alder |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 494 |
| Release | : 2010-04-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226012650 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0226012654 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Engineering the Revolution by : Ken Alder
Book excerpt: Engineering the Revolution documents the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the “technological life.” Here, Ken Alder rewrites the history of the eighteenth century as the total history of one particular artifact—the gun—by offering a novel and historical account of how material artifacts emerge as the outcome of political struggle. By expanding the “political” to include conflict over material objects, this volume rethinks the nature of engineering rationality, the origins of mass production, the rise of meritocracy, and our interpretation of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.
