Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 2008-4 No 55-4, 2008/4 - 256 pagesGoverning the BodiesPages 7 to 33City, Criminality, and Control in Germany (15th–16th Century): Görlitz, An Isolated Case?By Lars BehrischPages 34 to 56Women and the Chains of Convicts: The Impossible AbsenceBy Sylvain RappaportEnquiringPages 57 to 81Between Mineralogy and Territorial Statistics: Enquiries of the Journal des Mines between An III and An VIIBy Isabelle Laboulais-LesagePages 82 to 121The Horses of the Republic: The An III SurveyBy Daniel RocheManagingPages 122 to 159Between Market Priorities and Industrial Rationality: Paid Senior Staff of the Central Pacific Railroad, 1869 – 1889By Evelyne Payen-VariérasReadingsPages 160 to 166A New Historiographic Landscape of the RenaissanceBy Florence AlazardPages 167 to 252ReviewsBy Robert Muchembled