Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 2012-3

No 59-3, 2012/3 - 208 pages

Technological Uncertainty in the 20th Century: Society's Challenge

Pages 7 to 18

A History of Technological Uncertainty: The Issues

By Patrick Fridenson

Pages 19 to 47

The Lost Mechanic: How Technological Uncertainty Undermined Know-How in the US Car Industry

Pages 48 to 69

Silicon Valley Secrets, or US Microelectronics Firms Faced with Technical Uncertainty

By Christophe Lécuyer, Hyungsub Choi

Debates on Counterfactual Approaches

Pages 70 to 95

Exploring the Space of the Possible: Counterfactuals and Paths not Taken in History

By Quentin Deluermoz, Pierre Singaravélou

The Death of Princes

Pages 96 to 123

Funerals for Foreign Princes at Notre-Dame de Paris, or the Limits of the “Society of Princes” (16th–18th Centuries)

By Jean-Marie Le Gall

Pages 124 to 142

Gaston d'Orléans' Image: Between Memories, Fiction, and Historiography

By Pierre Gatulle

Readings

Pages 143 to 149

The Importance of Lines

By Christian Bessy

Reviews

Pages 150 to 157

The Future of the History of Consumption

By Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel

Pages 158 to 207

Reviews

By Sandro Landi