Labnet: Book Ann.: Collection Carnot, books on social history

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[Cross-posted, with thanks, from H-Labor. AB]

 

From:    "Collection Carnot" <parent.emmanuel at gmail.com>

The /Presses Universitaires des //Rennes/ and the /Collection //Carnot/ have just released a new book by Michel Cotte :

*/Le choix de la révolution industrielle. Les entreprises de Marc Seguin et de ses frères/ (1815-1835)*

In the 1820s and 1830s, France was an emerging country: a young dragon of the nascent industrial world. France had put itself both in the footsteps of and in direct competition with the uncontestable leader of the time: Great Britain. The latter had just created what we now refer to as the "industrial revolution" and it dominated the world after its
victory over Napoleon's armies. Which men, techniques and Enterprises effectively took up the challenge of industrialization? Historical research into the accomplishments of Marc Seguin and his brothers lead us far from the clichés all too commonplace in the institutional history of sciences or in industrial histories limited exclusively to
metropolitan France...

Complete presentation and table of content
<http://www.carnot.org/Cotte_angl.pdf>. 

 

Available online : Amazon
<http://www.amazon.fr/choix-r%C3%A9volution-industrielle-entreprises-1815-1835/dp/2753504768/ref=sr_1_2/171-3544320-6877844?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191484977&sr=1-2 <http://www.amazon.fr/choix-r%C3%A9volution-industrielle-entreprises-1815-1835/dp/2753504768/ref=sr_1_2/171-3544320-6877844?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191484977&sr=1-2> >

574 pages, Illustrations, 16 cm/24 cm
Sources and Bibliography, Index of Names
Price: *24 EUR*, ISBN: 978-2-7535-0476-9

Moreover, Yannick MAREC 2006's book, /Pauvreté et protection sociale. Des expériences rouennaises aux politiques nationales, /has just win the *Drouin de Luys 2007 Prize*, delivered by the Académie des Sciences Morales et politiques. Complete presentation and table of content 

 

<http://www.carnot.org/collection%20carnot/Marec_angl.pdf <http://www.carnot.org/collection%20carnot/Marec_angl.pdf> >.

The "*Collection Carnot*" is consecrated to modern and contemporary history since 1999. We have completed a digital catalogue presenting all of the books published thus far with their tables of contents. We have also translated the catalogue into English in order to create more international exposure for the collection. You can visit us here
<http://www.carnot.org/carnot%20publication.html>.




 


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