Impossible engineering : technology and territoriality on the Canal du Midi / Chandra Mukerji.
- Mukerji, Chandra
- Date:
- [2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Physical description
xix, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Impossible engineering -- Territorial politics -- Epistemic credibility -- New Rome confronts old Gaul -- Shifting sands -- The new Romans -- Thinking like a king -- Monumental achievement -- Powers of impersonal rule.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.