Lorenzo Cuccoli

The Technical Corps Between France and Italy, 1750-1814 (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the technical corps during the Napoleonic Era, both in France and in Italy. These corps, which possessed advanced schooling and nurtured meritocratic practices even in the Ancien Regime, came to the forefront with the French Revolution, due to the increase in prestige of both scientists and the military. Notwithstanding the key roles played by well-known figures such as Lazare Carnot and Napoleon Bonaparte, the historiography has not fully explored either the culture that produced them, or the impact this had in France and in Napoleonic Europe, or their far-reaching legacy. The modern paradigms of technocracy and meritocracy in fact have their origin in these corps.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 271
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031682254
• Artikelnr.: 71977736

Autorenporträt

Lorenzo Cuccoli is an independent scholar who received his PhD from the University of Bologna, Italy and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction.- 2: The Professionalization of the Technical Corps.- 3: The Institutional History of the Technical Corps.- 4: Careers in the Technical Corps.- 5: The Institutional History of the Technical Corps.- 6: Careers in the Technical Corps.- 7: The Realisations of the Technical Corps.- 8: Conclusion.

Rezensionen

This book has a lot to offer, especially on the establishment, recruiting policies, academic objectives that trained the Italian technical corps during the Republic / Kingdom of Italy. The Technical Corps Between France and Italy, 1750-1814 is an informative study that makes a valuable contribution to the field by drawing attention to the specific experiences of the technical corps during the Napoleonic era in Italy and by bringing to light a wealth of important primary documents. (Doina Pasca Harsanyi, H-France Review, Vol. 25 (47), June, 2025)