Impossible engineering : technology and territoriality on the Canal du Midi - Mukerji, Chandra (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009)
Impossible engineering -- Territorial politics -- Epistemic credibility -- New Rome confronts old Gaul -- Shifting sands -- The new Romans -- Thinking like a king -- Monumental achievement -- Powers of impersonal rule.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
JSTOR
Keywords: Canal du Midi (France) -- History; Canal du Midi (France) -- Histoire; France -- Canal du Midi; History