The Making of a National Cadastre (1763-1807): State Uniformization, Nature Valuation, and Organizational Change in France

How does a cadastre, one of the modern state's most omnipresent and yet self-effacing instruments of power over territory and people, become national? How are the processes of nation-state formation and the rise of modern scientific expertise connected to the nationalization of a cadastre? This...

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Main Author: Santana Acuna, Alvaro Agustin
Other Authors: Lamont, Michele
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard.inactive:11823
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13065020