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The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1830.(Book review)

The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1830, by Jeff Horn. Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2006. 383 pp. $45.00 US (cloth).

This is a meticulously researched and finely nuanced book, following the relations between French labour, capital, and politics (national, regional, and municipal) in an era of rapid change.

Most important to this reviewer (whose background is primarily in the history of technology) were the case studies and contextual overview that Horn presents. Year by year, or month by month as the situation warrants, Horn offers a picture of rational ...

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