Facing the Modern Demon: Resistance to Industrial Pollution in Northern France, 1810 – 1870s
At what price do northern chimneys smoke? This department was early industrialized. A source of pride, but this reality has a downside: the multiplication of sources of pollution.
Sábado 17 septiembre 2022, 15:00Passed
Archives départementales du Nord,9 Fi 2678 - Papier à en-tête représentant la filature de Dautremer, 1857
Facing the Modern Demon: Resistance to Industrial Pollution in Northern France, 1810 – 1870s
A conference by Samy Bounoua, History Fellow, PhD student in environmental history, University of Lille, IRHiS
The North of France was early industrialized. A source of pride in regional history and memory, this reality has nevertheless had its downside: the multiplication of sources of pollution.
Far from being a secondary and negligible consequence of the race to prosperity, pollution is from the first industrialization considered as a «modern demon»: certainly, there is work and the North radiates, but at what price do the chimneys smoke?
- Saturday, September 17, from 3pm to 4pm
- Free entrance and without reservation
All information on the website: https://archivesdepartementales.lenord.fr/