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- catalog abstract ""The origins of the modern science of engineering can be traced to France's Royal Corps of Engineering in the eighteenth century. In Conserving the Enlightenment, Janis Langins gives us a history of this prototypical technical bureaucracy, using as his point of entry a pivotal dispute on the respective merits of two methods of engineering military fortifications. The story he tells of the tribulations of military engineers at the end of the Old Regime sheds light not only on the evolution of modern engineering but also on the difficulty of innovation in a technical bureaucracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13037606.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""The origins of the modern science of engineering can be traced to France's Royal Corps of Engineering in the eighteenth century. In Conserving the Enlightenment, Janis Langins gives us a history of this prototypical technical bureaucracy, using as his point of entry a pivotal dispute on the respective merits of two methods of engineering military fortifications. The story he tells of the tribulations of military engineers at the end of the Old Regime sheds light not only on the evolution of modern engineering but also on the difficulty of innovation in a technical bureaucracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-521) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 532 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0262122588".
- catalog isPartOf "Transformations (M.I.T. Press)".
- catalog isPartOf "Transformations".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "623/.0944/09033 21".
- catalog subject "Fortification France History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Military engineering France History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "UG429.F8 L36 2004".
- catalog title "Conserving the Enlightenment : French military engineering from Vauban to the Revolution / Janis Langins.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".