Napoleon’s scientific military school comes to the US western border with Sveinn M. Jóhannesson

from American Campus Podcast · host Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

How Napoleon's École polytechnique inspired A&M universities on the Western US border (ft. some of our favorite topics: American imperialism, science, and social hierarchy)References and suggested readings:Sveinn M. Jóhannesson. 2026. The Scientific-Military State: How Enlightened Engineers Reinvented Early American Government. University of Chicago Press. James McNeill Whistler. 1879. Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (known as Portrait of the Artist’s Mother) painting.Livy’s History of RomeTacitus The Annals of Imperial RomeSveinn M. Jóhannesson’s websiteText the show here!Support the showBrowse the American Campus bookshelf

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