UID:
almafu_9959243977002883
Format:
1 online resource (313 p.)
ISBN:
0-262-32323-0
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0-262-32322-2
Series Statement:
Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Content:
In the 20th century, science and technology became central to territorial transformation and in turn to state building. This was no less true for the Francoist regime. Engineers were not just working 'under' the dictatorship, but became active participants within it. This book traces concrete material objects in their way from laboratories onto the Spanish landscape. The material history of these projects offers new perspectives on the political, economic, and environmental history of early Francoism.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Political Engineering and the "Redemption of Spain"; 2 The Concrete Dodecahedron: The Political Economy of Coal, Design, and the Landscape; 3 Laboratories and Churches: Science, Industry, and National Catholicism; 4 One Grain, One Nation: Rice Genetics and the Corporate State (1936-1952); 5 The Total Systematization of a River and the Limitations of "Totalitarianism": Industry, Agriculture, and Physical Models in the Pyrenees; 6 Scientific Standards as Tools for Political Transformation: Prestressed Concrete, European Integration, and the Regulatory State
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7 ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-262-02717-8
Language:
English
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