TY - JOUR
AU - Cioc, Mark
AB - Reviews of Books problem of bringing society and government closer failed to attract businessmen, who began to organize their own technological societies. together. The Royal Mining Corps (Oberhauptmannschaft) also JOHN G. GAGLIARDO had a mixed vision. It first attempted to restore Boston University centuries-old mining and metallurgical techniques to their previous glories, then yielded to the forces of ERIC DORN BROSE. The Politics of Technological Change change. Once again Brose skillfully merges techno­ in Prussia: Out of the Shadow of Antiquity, 1809-1848. logical history, political conflict, and macroeconomic Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1993. Pp. 290. forces in fascinating detail. $39.50. In the chapter "Spartans of the North," Brose focuses on the technological development of the Although the historiography of modernization seems army. After the exhausting Napoleonic age Prussia in eclipse, Eric Dorn Brose's fine study shows that lacked the funds to modernize its arms, but he argues much worthwhile work can still be written. Brose that the late 1820s marked a watershed as pragmatic exposes the complexities of Prussian modernization officers emerged who were more interested in tech­ during the critical first half of the nineteenth century nical subjects. Brose also examines the Masonic vision while avoiding unneeded detail. 
TI - Raymond H. Dominick III. The Environmental Movement in Germany: Prophets and Pioneers, 1871–1971. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1992. Pp. xiii, 290. $35.00
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/99.2.590-a
DA - 1994-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/raymond-h-dominick-iii-the-environmental-movement-in-germany-prophets-0lmwwMsDjn
SP - 590
EP - 591
VL - 99
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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