Artisanal enlightenment : science and the mechanical arts in Old Regime France /
What would the Enlightenment look like from the perspective of artistes, the learned artisans with esprit, who presented themselves in contrast to philosophers, savants, and routine-bound craftsmen? Making a radical change of historical protagonists, the author places the mechanical arts and the wor...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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