Papers by Andre Wakefield
54Њ40Ј lot.) Once again, this is a very good and worthwhile book by a master in the field that pe... more 54Њ40Ј lot.) Once again, this is a very good and worthwhile book by a master in the field that perhaps has suffered a little bit from having been turned into a handbook.
European Journal of Law and Economics, May 1, 2005
This paper traces a deep rift in the historiography of cameralism, demonstrating how historians h... more This paper traces a deep rift in the historiography of cameralism, demonstrating how historians have systematically separated cameralist writings from the context of the Holy Roman Empire's fiscal chambers. Scholarship on the subject has been largely defined by an artificial separation between "cameralists of the book" and "cameralists of the bureau." I argue that it is time to interrogate this distinction, which is itself a legacy of the nineteenth century.
Technology and Culture, 2004
Osiris, 2010
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz visited the Harz Mountains more than thirty times and spent almost thre... more Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz visited the Harz Mountains more than thirty times and spent almost three full years there between 1680 and 1686. His aim was to install wind machines for draining the Harz silver mines. Despite Leibniz's best effortshis commitment bordered on obsession-the enterprise ultimately failed. There is still disagreement about exactly what happened. Biographers and historians have mostly asserted that Leibniz, a universal genius dedicated to the greater good of science and society, was thwarted by stubborn mining offi cials. Historians of mining, on the other hand, have generally sided with the "professionals" in the Hannoverian mining administration. This essay investigates Leibniz's wind machine project and the narratives it has spawned. Using both Leibniz's published correspondence and unpublished memoranda from the Clausthal mining offi ce, it attempts to answer a series of questions: Was Leibniz thwarted by the mining offi ce? Was he an outsider or an insider? An amateur or an expert? Examining the peculiar role played by investors and shareholders in the Harz silver mines provides the beginning of a solution. He [Leibniz] served as a mining engineer, supervising the draining of the silver mines in the Harz mountains. His plan was to use air power, for which he designed windmills, gearing mechanisms, and suction pumps. It all ended in failure, and Leibniz believed that he was undermined by various lower administrators and workers who feared that the technology would cost them their jobs. 1
Mineralogy
Springer eBooks, 2019
Cameralism
Oxford University Press eBooks, Nov 29, 2013
Book Review: Watching Vesuvius: A History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy, written by Sean Cocco
Early Science and Medicine, Apr 9, 2015
Andre \ akefield esl professeur as is !ani en hisloire au college Pit zer de Clare1~1on1 e~ . 1 .... more Andre \ akefield esl professeur as is !ani en hisloire au college Pit zer de Clare1~1on1 e~ . 1 ., • 11 pr' pare actuellcmenl avec Claudine Cohen (EHESS, Pan s), Ia prem1e re ed11 10n ca 1,orme. ~ • • . . anglaise du "" Protogaea ••de G. W . Le1bn1 z Rtisuoui En 1983, U. S. News nud World Report a publie une petite enquete sur /es uuiuersitt!s et colleges nuu!ricnius. Celie petite euquete est desormnis devenue 1111 systeme de clnssemeufs extrememeut iuflueuf qui determin e de nombreux nspecls de f'l'llseiguemeul superieur nmericnin. O'importnnts magazines d'nctunlites al/euulllriS 011/ suiui f'exemp/e nmericain et ont introduit leurs propres c/nsseme/1/S 1111 iuersitnires eu Allemngne, nffinnnnt que In competition et Ia tra nsparence trmrsfimueroul le systeme nllemm1d en difficulte. Dans cet article, j' etud ie ces dec/anrtions ef j'e11 cone/us que les partisans allemands des clnssements il /'auuJricaine on/ ignore Jes profoudes differences structurelles entre /es deux systemes. L a plupart des dictionnaires allemand-ancrlais tra~ui sent « Men~a » par « restaurant uni ver~itai7-~ ~ Cela ne me parart pas correct. Dans les unrversrtes americaines, le restaurant universitaire est genera!ement un endroit morne ou l' on trouve quantite de nourriture exces~r vement chere. Certains etudiants paient en avance Ia nournture qu ' ils vont consommer pendant tout un semestre. On appelle cela le « plan repas ». D'autres paient a des prix exorbitants Ia banane ou le sandwich au fromage grille qu'ils mangent Le Detour no4 (nouvelle serie)-2e semestre 2004
Central European History, May 13, 2010
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