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Industrial Espionage and Technological Transfer: Britain and France in the Eighteenth Century

Industrial Espionage and Technological Transfer: Britain and France in the Eighteenth Century. By J. R. Harris. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, 1997. xvii + 655 pp. Bibliography, illustrations, index. Cloth, $119.95. ISBN 0-859-67827-X.

Reviewed by Liana Vardi

The history of industrial development in the eighteenth century is not value free. From the perspective of postcolonial and global histories written today, rivalries among European nations for leadership in the "industrial revolution" may seem old hat, but they once fueled a vigorous historiography. Why Britain, rather than the Continent, emerged as the leader in technological innovation was attributed variously to its geography, mineral ...

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