France in the Age of the Scientific State / Robert Gilpin
1968, 1st edition. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386897
Physical description; 474 pp. Contents; 1. Scientific Research and National Independence: The French View -- 2. The Atlantic Imbalance in Science and Technology -- 3. The Dimensions of the American Challenge -- 4. The Heritage of the Napoleonic System -- 5. The American Model of a Scientific State -- 6. Reform Under the Fourth Republic -- 7. Science Policy Under the Fifth Republic -- 8. The Fifth Plan, 1966-1970 -- 9. Defense, Space, and Atomic Power -- 10. The Balance Sheet of Modernization: Scientific and Technical Institutions -- 11. The Balance Sheet of Modernization: The Professionalization and Governance of Science -- 12. Prospects for a European Solution to the Technology Gap -- 13. The Technology Gap in Political Perspective -- Index. Subjects; 20th century. Science and state France. Public Policy.
Price: €60.00