Building Capabilities for a Transnational World: Foreign Languages at the École des Ponts et Chaussées, 1790s–1850s
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DOI: 10.1353/tech.2022.0109
Abstract: abstract:Scholars have long recognized the importance of transnational knowledge circulation. Yet few historical works deal systematically with the very mechanisms that have enabled such circulation and made it effective and permanent over time. This article… read more here.
Keywords: building capabilities; world; des ponts; foreign languages ... See more keywords