N° 42 - February 1996

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EDITORIAL: Michel BERRY

Président du Comité de rédaction

THE VASA, A SWEDISH WARSHIP

Lars Âke Kverning

COLBERTISM JUDGED BY THE EVIDENCE: A LOOK BACK AT THE FOUNDING MYTH OF FRENCH INDUSTRIAL POLICY

Hervé Dumez

THE TEST : THE VESSEL BUILT IN SEVEN HOURS

Hélène Vérin

DISSERTATION ON THE NECESSITY OF ATTENDING TO FOOD SHORTAGES AND TO THE FEEBLENESS OF WORKERS IN SHOPS, AND ON THE MEANS FOR REDRESSING THIS SITUATION

Sr. Delacroix, naval commissary at Toulon, France

ON ORGANIZING THE NAVY IN THE MODERN PERIOD

Hélène Vérin

Trial by fact

INDUSTRIOUS BOOKKEEPING IN THE 18TH CENTURY

Ernest Stevelinck

Testifying

VAUBAN, A MANAGER

par Marcel Capet

In quest of a theory

THE PERFECT MERCHANT ACCORDING TO JACQUES SAVARY

par Yannick Lemarchand

Debates

DIALOGUES ON THE WHEAT TRADE BY FERDINAND GALIANI

par Daniel Fixari