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Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi
Chandra Mukerji
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Description for Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi
Hardback. The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering - in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. This book looks at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, 87 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; KCP; KNGS; PDR; TBX; WGGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering--in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. Impossible Engineering takes an insightful and entertaining look at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. The waterway was a marvel that connected modern state power to human control of nature just as surely as it linked the ocean to the sea. The Canal du Midi is typically characterized as the achievement of Pierre-Paul Riquet, a tax farmer and ... Read more
The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering--in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. Impossible Engineering takes an insightful and entertaining look at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. The waterway was a marvel that connected modern state power to human control of nature just as surely as it linked the ocean to the sea. The Canal du Midi is typically characterized as the achievement of Pierre-Paul Riquet, a tax farmer and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
Condition
New
Weight
580g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691140322
SKU
V9780691140322
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About Chandra Mukerji
Chandra Mukerji is professor of communication and science studies at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of "Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles, A Fragile Power: Scientists and the State" (Princeton), and "From Graven Images: Patterns of Modern Materialism".
Reviews for Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi
Co-Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, American Sociological Association Honorable Mention for the 2010 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book in the Sociology of Culture Section category, American Sociological Association "[T]his is a scintillating blend of cultural, political, and technological history."
Choice "Mukerji opens a new chapter in the history of the Canal du Midi, aiming to deepen understanding ... Read more
Choice "Mukerji opens a new chapter in the history of the Canal du Midi, aiming to deepen understanding ... Read more