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Sciences et colonisation sous l'Ancien Régime : le cas de la Guyane et des Antilles françaises, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles
Regourd, FrançoisVilleneuve d'Ascq : Atelier national de reproduction des thèses, [2016?] -
The colonial machine : French science and overseas expansion in the old regime
McClellan, James E., III (James Edward), 1946-Turnhout : Brepols, [2011], ©2011.Some of the contents: Introduction: The big-picture background to this study / Historiographical background / Metaphors and reality / Utility as the driving force / Expertise, careers, and Wanderlust / Concluding introductory remarks; Prologue / The colonial machine, 1789; Part I - The metropolitan wheels & gears of a colonial scientific bureaucracy: The sponsoring authorities / the royal navy-la marine royale / the Académie royal des sciences / The jardin du roi and metropolitian botancial gardens / The observatoire royal / The Académie royale de marine at Brest / The société royale de médecine / The Académie royale de chirurgie.
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Connaissances et pouvoirs : les espaces impériaux (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles) : France, Espagne, Portugal
Pessac : Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, c2005.
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