How might we map the cultural fields of science? politics and organisms in restoration France

History of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-364

  Pickstone, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FRANCE; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; SCIENCE;

FRANCE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; MAPS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; SCIENCE;

EID: 0007425771     PISSN: 00732753     EISSN: 17538564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/007327539903700304     Document Type: Article

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