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Engineers in France 1: Rise of the Centralized State

By Gary Downey

Virginia Tech

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Abstract Three dominant images; Dominant patterns among engineers; Development of coherent French identity; Concentration of authority in the monarch; Louis XIV: 1643-1715; A changing context for the state; Enlightenment: nature as mechanism; Philosophes: extend reason to useful arts.
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Time November 30, 2007