ARTISANAL ENLIGHTENMENT: Science and the Mechanical Arts in Old Regime France

Provides a study of Societe, and demonstrates its legacy in scientific programs, academies, and the making of Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopedie. Provides a groundbreaking perspective on the politics of writing on the mechanical arts and the development of key Enlightenment concepts such as improvement, utility, and progress. Well illus.