Paris au cœur de la révolution des usages de l'automobile 1884-1908

Flonneau, Mathieu

doi:10.3917/hes.072.0061

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“…The same thing seems to be true of motor vehicles in the early 20 th C. One gets the same impression in reviewing individual works on cycling and motoring discourses (e.g. Beyerholm, 1941;Flonneau, 2007;Norcliffe, 2001;Reid, 2015;Zeller, 2010). This is not to say that the discourse was entirely monolithic.…”

Section: Varieties In Road History and Governancementioning

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Holding discursive power to a counterfactual standard: The state and road navigation in the technology transition to automobiles

Herman

2023

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States are known to hold power not only through coercion, but through social discourse. Nonetheless, the author here argues that this claim is built on shaky ground. Using a counter-factual case study with an implicit comparative design, this paper asks what happens when a state chooses not to engage with social discourse, when it otherwise would be expected to do so. Are there noticeable differences in social discourse when the state does not get involved? Considering the technology transition to the automobile in the early 20th C, historical analysis shows that the outcomes of social discourse around road navigation were extremely similar in Europe, where states were heavily involved in shaping the discourse, and in the United States, where the state was absent. This strongly suggests that neither the states in Europe, nor the state in the United States, were powerful through discourse, as what could “power” possibly mean if it has no consequences under the counter-factual? It also indicates that researchers may overstate their ability to distinguish between situations where actors are powerful through social discourse, what the author calls attributable power, and situations where actors are merely involved in social discourse, but without causing discernible changes to the outcomes with their involvement, what the author calls unattributable power.

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Section: Varieties In Road History and Governancementioning

confidence: 84%

Holding discursive power to a counterfactual standard: The state and road navigation in the technology transition to automobiles

Herman

2023

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“…Arrows represent the main material flows specific industries in the Paris conurbation. Paris is the well-known birthplace of the automotive industry (Flonneau 2007). The production of Pb batteries, which accompanied the development of the automotive industry, was also situated in Paris (Dinin in Paris, then Asnières, then Puteaux and Nanterre, with succeeding companies CEAC and Exide Europe).…”

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Non-ferrous metals (Pb, Cu, Zn) needs and city development: the Paris example (1815–2009)

Lestel

2011

Reg Environ Change

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International audienceThe aim of this study is to explore the urban and/or industrial needs for non-ferrous metals (lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn)) of Paris (France), a highly developed city conurbation, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. Pb was necessary for the development of urban networks (Pb pipes), Zn for Parisian roofs and Cu for the development of boiler making and electricity. This study is based on economic statistics and shows that the situation evolved from a city transforming ores, having its smelters and transforming metal into goods, to a city where metal smelting has been more or less quickly banned, and where only a small activity of metal transformation into metal-containing goods remains. The patterns of the three metals showed slight differences. The deindustrialization of Paris is also accompanied by a change of the supplying areas over time. Ores were always imported from abroad, because of the lack of French non-ferrous metal mines. But foundries, which were first abroad, had developed in France between the late nineteenth and late twentieth century and were again found abroad at the end of the twentieth century. The transformation of metal into goods left Paris to the benefit of other parts of France first, then of abroad, over time. In a second part, the evaluation of Pb consumption per capita in Paris conurbation shows that Pb needs of Paris conurbation were higher than those of France in the nineteenth century. Then, the Paris demand was satisfied and it became lower than that of France. Both the deindustrialisation of Paris conurbation and its lower needs led to a decrease in the relative weight of Paris for non-ferrous metals, compared to other parts of France

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“…» La fluidité, c'est aussi gérer les flux et les circulations accrues à mesure que la métropole s'accroît pour atteindre le million d'habitants. C'est dans ce contexte que se comprennent l'intégration et l'usage d'une pensée de la mobilité qui met l'accent sur de nouvelles techniques motorisées incarnées par l'apparition de l'automobile38 .la cause automobileEn 1894, la première course d'automobile, Paris-Rouen, médiatisée par la presse et les notabilités parisiennes, est à l'origine d'un véritable empressement à l'égard de l'automobilisme en France39 . Le service privé de location de chevaux étant très coûteux pour le budget de la Ville, Krebs propose alors de mener des essais de traction mécanique en achetant un moteur à pétrole Daimler construit à Paris par les usines Panhard-Levassor, anciennement Périn-Panhard.…”

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L’ingénieur Krebs (1850-1935) ou comment traduire le fluide électrique

Krebs¹

2015

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Philippe Krebs est consultant en systèmes d'information au sein d'une société éditrice de progiciels de gestion bancaire. De formation en droit des affaires, il obtient un DEA de sociologie du droit et des relations sociales du travail avec Marcel David à l'Institut des sciences sociales du travail de Bourg-la-Reine (ISST-Paris I en 1984), puis consacre son mémoire de master II en histoire des techniques à son aïeul,

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Paris au cœur de la révolution des usages de l'automobile 1884-1908

Cited by 5 publications

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Holding discursive power to a counterfactual standard: The state and road navigation in the technology transition to automobiles

Holding discursive power to a counterfactual standard: The state and road navigation in the technology transition to automobiles

Non-ferrous metals (Pb, Cu, Zn) needs and city development: the Paris example (1815–2009)

L’ingénieur Krebs (1850-1935) ou comment traduire le fluide électrique

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