How Long to Read The Radiance of France, new edition

How Long Does it Take to Read The Radiance of France, new edition?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 30 minutes to read The Radiance of France, new edition by Gabrielle Hecht

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or “radiance,” which also means “radiation” in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else. In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the modern, postcolonial world, the nation and its leaders enthusiastically embraced large technological projects in general and nuclear power in particular. The Radiance of France asks how it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or “radiance,” which also means “radiation” in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else. To answer this question, Gabrielle Hecht has forged an innovative combination of technology studies and cultural and political history in a book that, as Michel Callon writes in the new foreword to this edition, “not only sheds new light on the role of technology in the construction of national identities” but is also “a seminal contribution to the history of contemporary France.” Proposing the concept of technopolitical regime as a way to analyze the social, political, cultural, and technological dynamics among engineering elites, unionized workers, and rural communities, Hecht shows how the history of France's first generation of nuclear reactors is also a history of the multiple meanings of nationalism, from the postwar period (and France's desire for post-Vichy redemption) to 1969 and the adoption of a “Frenchified” American design. This paperback edition of Hecht's groundbreaking book includes both Callon's foreword and an afterword by the author in which she brings the story up to date, and reflects on such recent developments as the 2007 French presidential election, the promotion of nuclear power as the solution to climate change, and France's aggressive exporting of nuclear technology.

How long is The Radiance of France, new edition?

The Radiance of France, new edition by Gabrielle Hecht is 497 pages long, and a total of 127,729 words.

This makes it 168% the length of the average book. It also has 156% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Radiance of France, new edition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 37 minutes to read The Radiance of France, new edition aloud.

What Reading Level is The Radiance of France, new edition?

The Radiance of France, new edition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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