The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional … variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that … views early industrialization as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human …

Festivities to Commemorate the Bonaparte and the Bourbon Dynasties in Paris (France) and Madrid (Spain) -- Chapter 6 … and France at the turn of the 18th century, the book has a specific focus on Latin Europe: Portugal, Spain, France, and … emerging use of natural gas by France and Italy after 1945, which meant a quantitative advantage compared to their neighbors in …