Cover Image

The radiance of France : nuclear power and national identity after World War II /

Show other versions (2)

How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance," which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hecht, Gabrielle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Series:Inside technology
Subjects:
Nuclear engineering > France > History.
Nuclear engineering > Social aspects > France.
Nationalism and technology > France.
National characteristics, French.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
ENVIRONMENT/Energy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance," which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else.
Item Description:Originally published: 1998. With new foreword and afterword.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 461 pages) : illustrations, map.
ISBN:9780262258890
0262258897
0262582813
9780262582810
1282694545
9781282694545
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/7822.001.0001