The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1830
(Part of the Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series)
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In The Path Not Taken, Jeff Horn argues that--contrary to standard, Anglocentric accounts--French industrialization was not a failed imitation of the laissez-faire British model but the product of a distinctive industrial policy that led, over the long term, to prosperity comparable to Britain's. Despite the upheavals of the Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, France developed and maintained its own industrial strengths. France was then...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:026258283X
ISBN13:9780262582834
Release Date:September 2008
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:383 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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